New acquisition!
Is this the same smith as
主馬首藤原朝臣一平安代
and what is the translation / meaning of '朝臣' ?
Maybe difficult te say, but are the kogatana (blade) and kozuka (handle) the original pairing or is it a later assembling?
Wishing you a healthy, happy, and successful New Year!
Just bought this small iron tsuba (6,31 x 5,96 x 0,38 cm - 77 grams).
There is one little dot on the mimi. See following topic
Any comment on this tsuba is more than welcome.
Hi everybody,
It's been a while...
I just bought this little mae-kanagu with the 12 finely detailed animals of the zodiac.
I think the mei is 本, but I can't put a name on it, so anyone to help me?
Thank you,
Yves.
And there is also a mei:
藻柄子 入道宗典製 = Mogarashi nyudo Soten sei
Dimensions - weight:
K: 35,2 x 18,8 x 12,1 cm - 12,79 gram
F: 38,0 x 24,3 x 9,6 cm - 15,39 gram