Jacques
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Hi, Quote Fujishiro Shinto jiten: Quote the seller: . Kunisada never produced utsuri (utsuri was extremely scarce in shinto times) and i wonder what is a masa-utsuri. I'm afraid we must understand "masa-utsuri" by shirake (tired) utsuri
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Hi, Instead of buying a sword, the first thing you can do is to buy some good books. It will be surely more profitable for you.
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Hi, Sorry Mark, I don't find this one in my library
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Hi, Joakim, It is gimei
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Hi, Mark, there are several Masakuni since koto to gendai; find one without seeing the mei(nakago/blade) is really difficult.
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Hi, Jean, If the saya of your friend looks like this below, this lacquer is called Kokushitsu Mushikui Urushi (Mushikui = eaten by insects). According ZVD, explain how it is made, needs 3 weeks of time.
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Hi, In 1949, 7 swordsmiths were authorized to forge 60 swords for the rebuilding of the Ise Shrine. These smiths were Miyaguchi Toshihiro, Takahashi Sadatsugu, Miyari Akihira, Ishi Akifusa, Nigara Kunitoshi, Endo Mitsuiki, Sakai Shigemasa. It seems the SakutÅ Gijutsu HappyÅkai was not only an exhibition but also a contest.
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Unusual koto mei, very odd date, any suggestions?
Jacques replied to caracus's topic in Translation Assistance
Hi, It is not august, it is the eighth month of the year. About the months in the dating, i've regained my post. -
Unusual koto mei, very odd date, any suggestions?
Jacques replied to caracus's topic in Translation Assistance
Hi The month Grey, not the day, i've already spoken about the significance of the monthes used in dating, but i can't regain my post. -
Hi, Many things are wrong (compared with shoshin Hosokawa Masayoshi) on this blade: Nakago jiri is quite different, yasurime too, the kanji masa is not the same. This blade shows an ordinary workmanship, and i don't find the characteristics of Masayoshi work.
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Hi, Not really - I couldn't find any info on specialists during that period of time who would fit the bill. Daidô himself wasn't well known for his Horimono, although I remember a Hira-zukuri Wakizashi, one of the favorite swords of Katô Kiyomasa, that has the characters for Hachiman Daibosatsu carved on it by him. I'm not 100% sure, but it seems to me that Daidô made gassaku with Horikawa Kunihiro. Maybe we can speculate on the fact that Kunihiro made these horimono.
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Hi, Your translation is correct and your thought about the kanji masa too.
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Hi, About the Jizo horimono, according the NBTHK review, there is one on a blade made by Heianjo Nobukuni, This blade is in the Itsukushima Shrine.
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Hi, As promised,
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Hi, Jean, is it slick or granular? According Andrée Lorac-Gerbaud (l'art du laqué), if it is slick, it could be a kind of Nashi-ji called Usu Yasuri ko nashi-ji. It is done with metallic particles mixed in transparent urushi putted upon a colored (black or other) base.
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Hi, Long or short sword, the style of engraving stays the same. I've no time today to take pictures, but i will tomorrow.
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Hi, According my books, it doesn't seem genuine, at least for the first four generations.
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Hi, As already said, for me, it seems genuine, but being not an expert, only shinza can confirm or not
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Hi, I've asked a very knowledgeable person (ZVD) He says, This inscription is scarce, it is often engraved with others kanji; it means forged energetically.
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Hi, æš´ means storm in chinese. Would that mean this blade was made with storm (meteorite) iron?
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Hi, I don't see well but i think the ura mei reads Nanban tetsu saku kore
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Hi, It is only a thought, First, the nakago suggests a kamakura blade but if you look at the machi they are well prominent. That means this blade was not often polished, odd for a Kamakura one. Second, look at the mei location, if the third nakago ana was really used, the mei had been under the habaki. I have recently seen a Mino Kanefusa (23th) with this kind of nakago.
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Hi, Maybe i'm wrong, but i think a blade with a hagire cannot obtain papers except perhaps some very big name of whom work is extremely scarce. An art saber is still a weapon and this purpose doesn't be forgotten, *to my eyes* a blade with a hagire is like a plane with broken wings, unusable.
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Hi, The nakago seems have been artificially oldered.
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Hi, I have few oshigata of this smith, but i don't think, the mei seems genuine for me. He worked in Tenwa (1681), is rated chusaku in Fujishiro and 240 man in Toko taikan.