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Jacques D.

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  1. Hi, Mei reads Yamato no kami Fujiwara Tadayuki.
  2. Hi, Moriyama san, If you are right (and i think you are), the only Bizen Ietsugu i've found worked in Oei and is rated 400 man in the ToKo Taikan, not a real big name.
  3. Hi, It seems the blade is signed Bishu kuni ju I(y)etsugu and not Bizen kuni ju I(y)etsugu as stated by mister Tsuruta.
  4. Hi, No, i dont' want to be controversial, i just want to restore the verity. Pistols were worn by the argoulets (horse men) during the reign of Louis XI. Pistols are used by french soldiers at the battle of Cerisoles (1544). In fact matchlock pistols will quickly change in steel-lock pistols but the system of ignition is the same. A very good book about pistols: HISTOIRE DU PISTOLET by Joseph de florentis (in french) Probably the first kind of pistol And no arguing in my words :D
  5. Hi, Sorry for the confusion but pistols were not so scarce in Europe, many gentlemen owned one or two pistols. with the invention of more advanced systems of ignition the time when this kind of pistol was used was much shorter than in Japan where the technology did not progress.
  6. Hi, A few were made in Europe, but they were much more popular in Japan and especially India. The matchlock musket was the major arm of Europe's armies and had seen action in large scale conflicts such as the English Civil Wars and the Thirty Years War. Although more advanced systems of ignition came about such as the wheellock (1510), the snaphaunce (1547) and the flintlock (1610), the inexpensive and easy to manufacture matchlock musket remained in service in Europe until the 1690's. French Matchlock used in 1665 by the soldiers of the Carignan-Salières's regiment.
  7. Hi, could be this one (sorry for the quality but on this book pictures are outrageously small).
  8. Hi, Maybe Korekazu, Les sabres shinto Serge DEGORE page 112
  9. Hi, Infos about these smiths are few, below that says Fujishiro koto jiten (no oshigata): About Nihonto koza, please see below: Hirato sa Moriyoshi is also indentified in the Toko Taikan but without more info. Hope that can help a few.
  10. Hi, for all, date reads: Koka Hinoto Hitsuji nen hachi gatsu (1847) Hinoto Hitsuji nen means the year of the boar (zodiacal calendar)
  11. Hi, Toko taikan lists several Yukimitsu working in Kaga, this one could be the yondai (rated 340 man). The nakago jiri seems match, a better pic of the mei would be helpful.
  12. Hi, Personally, i don't think that this mei is clumsy, though certainly gimei. Fujishiro koto book:
  13. Hi, Only a real professional polisher is able to say if this blade is worthy of a polish.
  14. Hi, Thanks Brian, I think also it reads Masaie 正家
  15. Hi, If you want some info, we need high resolution pics; some close-up of the blade, the boshi (each side) can be helpful.
  16. Hi, A comment by Tsujimoto Tadao about the date.
  17. Hi, O-Sa, Of course it is only one sample.
  18. Hi Funny mei? Is that the same as Gimei? If so why use the name of a smith that is completely unknown? Curious. Yes it is the same as gimei. Kashu (Kaga) Nobunaga is not unknown, he was even a good swordsmith, rated josaku.
  19. Hi, Sorry Guido, it was not my intention, i would come back to the steel color, if i'm not wrong we can find a kind of bluishness on some blade by Yasuyoshi.
  20. Hi, Maybe you're right Jean, however the sugata and the kitae match well. I think he blade we try to kantei is a bit too long to be O-Sa's, there is one which with a nagasa of 25.5cm is considered as a sun-nobi tanto (Nihonto koza translation volume IX page F28)
  21. Hi, Personally, i would lean toward Soshu Yukimitsu.
  22. Hi, Jean you speak about present conjoncture (2008 sale), investment in art is not speculation, on a long time the value increase (how much was a Kunihiro worth in the fifties?) Recently was sold a saber owned by Bonaparte price € 4 000 000, if a meibutsu like the Dojigiri or the Mikasuki were for sale, it's a safe bet that it would worth a Van Gogh. There is good and less good juyo, some are attributed on a name more than the blade itself.
  23. Hi, Why hide only the kanji ichi? he could be hide the kiku mon too and the kantei would have been more interesting; that seems ridiculous. Really, i don't like this kind of kantei.
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