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Markus

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  1. Hi Simon, The mei on your blade reads in detail: "Noshû Seki-jûnin Kaneuji kinsaku" 濃州関住人兼氏謹作 "Made reverently by Kaneuji, resident of Seki in Mino Province"
  2. Hi Brian, The signature is sôsho for "Shigeyoshi" 重美.
  3. I think, Brian is on the right track. Looks like the tip area of one of the earlier generations Paul Chen "Shinto katana" to me (especially the shape of the kissaki with its monotoneous boshi [not to confuse with original boshi of this kind], as well as the large o-maru). Just some thoughts by me...
  4. Yes, definitely starts with "hekisui" (碧水), then probably "uku" (浮く)
  5. Markus

    Koshirae

    Not to forget that Tadaoki was one of Rikyû´s seven pupils, so also the esthetical sense of tea taste had very great influence in his artistical alignment.
  6. I just meant a later "well-meant" and/or layman attribution, therefore I put it into quotation marks.
  7. I have to agree with milt, looks like a later add-on or "attribution" to Masanobu of the Bushû-Itô-branch. He is listed in "Sôken-kishô" (装剣奇賞, publ. 1781) as signing with kaô. Probably this kaô was made just to look like a kaô. See also Tôken-bijutsu 12-2006 (599), page 20. BTW: Regarding the attribution, motif respectively workmanship could match.
  8. Another thing I heard some time ago about this subject is, only after a contemporary smith´s passing, his works are called "gendaito". If he is still alive, they are called "shinsakuto".
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