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If it's Brian who says so...
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Do you have a favorite Yasurime?
Jacques replied to goo's topic in General Nihonto Related Discussion
Yasurime are yasurime. I do own a sword with gyaku takanoha which is pretty rare but it leaves me cold; having said that, as it's a suriage and mumei blade, it helped me find the blacksmith. -
No one saw the tokuho, unlike Taira Shigemori's hozon
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Yes but Saiha
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No more or less than anyone else, a dealer is a dealer, not a philanthropist.
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The problem is, as a physicist, I know that my eyes can be deceived. I know I'm an idiot, but I want to see what I'm buying.
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Not the same kanji Shige (鎮)
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Frankly, I'll always wonder how anyone could spend more than $18,000 on something we never seen other than through photos.
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There was a Taira Shigemori, but he wasn't a swordsmith. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taira_no_Shigemori
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Which generation is it ?
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I could be wrong, but I don't think this swordsmith exists.
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Gimei for The Kunihiro (Horikawa), but since there's a bunch of Kunihiro it could be one of them.
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An interesting Awataguchi auction
Jacques replied to JeanEB's topic in Auctions and Online Sales or Sellers
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No the kissaki is ubu (kaeri)
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As Juyo zufu says this sword is an ubu wakizashi.
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Nihonto meikan lists a Kanemitsu working in Tensho. It's an unknown smith.
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At least the nakago jiri matches.
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Yayoi era (started in 300 BC) if i'm not wrong I visited this site many years ago. https://www.yoshinogari.jp/en/
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This is one element, but the tsuba is also used to protect against the opponent's blade, which is why it's made of soft metal so it doesn't break. In Katori Shinto ryu, there are several techniques using tsuba.
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Most likely. They are minor smiths, so there are no examples of their work in the literature, which makes a declaration of gimei hazardous. That's not to say it's not a gimei, only a shinza shipment will tell, but is it worth it?
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I know, but this tsuba has been modified to be mounted on a yari, so it's now a yari tsuba...
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there are also tsuba for yari
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越前住宗次 Echizen (no) ju Munetsugu. According to the literature, there are 2 generations working in Kanei (1624/1644) for the shodai, and Kanbun (1661/1673) for the nidai.
