mareo1912

Ok thought it was just some junk. The "inserts" looked just painted, the quality is poor and the scenery seems like a modern composition, just wanted your opinion that it is a fake. I called the auction house and was connected with their "asiatics expert". After telling my points, she told me that the seller is a well known and trustworthy collector and that she can 100% assure the correctness of the items description in their sales catalogue... I quote (my translation): "Magnificient Tsuba made from patinated copper. Japan, Edo-time(1603-1868) Inlays of a general fighting an Oni. Finely worked out with high relief, rich details in gold, silver and copper. Backside with Mountains, and Letters [No signature, I asked and she said theres none] and the other part of the blade. D ca.8cm, Signs of age, Important piece from an important asiatics collection." I want to underline that this is one of Germanys TOP 5 Auction houses... Gotta grab a scotch...

Hello, I found this Tsuba a few days ago and wondered about it. After talking with the seller I had no real information gain, only that it is 8cm in diameter and has no signature. He won't send me pictures of the backside (strange) and he says it is from mid edo period. It has also been listed with these informations by a bigger German auction house which is pretty serious, and they gave it starting bid of 1000 Euro, calling it "important work". All this seems a bit strange to me, though I'm new to nihonto and Tsuba and would love to hear some thoughts from more experienced members about this offer and also some sources for more general information on Tsuba you could recommend. Have a nice weekend, Marco

Thank you all, but to the shinsa point, Shinsa would bemore expensive than what I payed for the blade, not sure if this is worth... Any idea where to search for a whole translation of the sayagaki?

So from the tang it should be Bizen Osafune, backside saying August, but last letter I do not know... For the sayagaki I cannot help myself at all. Thats all I know atm.

Hey there, recently got this nihonto with few informations about it. There's a lot to read on it, so I feel somehow helpless. There's a lot to translate, especially for one person, so every little bit would be very helpful. Thank you very much guys!

Thanks for all responses! And Jean (C.) I never thought of that, but my insurance company wants every piece I have listed and are very strict with that.

Hey guys and nice evening, got this tsuba from a neighborhood garage sale for little money. I have no concrete information about it, searched a bit and found one close to it on aoi, calling it out to Kinai echizen school. Has leftovers from a signature, i try to make it visible as good as possible. Would be very nice to get some info about it, if possible also about the approximate worth for my collection insurance company. Thank you very much in advance guys!

Hey guys, I found a really nice blade for a good price, but I'm unsure with the boshi. You maybe got some useful information for a newbie? Thank you very much in advance!

Good evening everybody, I would like to ask you about possibilities for handling a shinsa. I know a few people who offer handling this, but for 1000€ on a hozon paper and more... This especially goes out to the German members here and their experiences. Thank you very much, Marco

Thank you very much for the answers, they helped me a lot! From the blade it should be the later Kanehiro 2nd Generation. Though I won't get salty with it, due to the low price for which I got the blade. Thanks again and nice weekend, Marco

Hello everyone, I would like to kindly ask you for some help with the writing on a saya I got, on which my poor Japanese skills lost. Every bit and every idea helps, thank you very much in advance! Best regards, Marco

Thank you very much for the responses. I attached all other photographs I have at the moment. There is definately Boshi, the blade is freshly polished. I like the blade very much, yet I don't like to heavily overpay. Description says Muromachi period, but I'm quite unsure about that. Best regards, Marco

Hey, I just found this fine nihonto, but unfortunately it got large Mune Ware. I read some posts on the board about it and elsewhere, yet I am not sure what to think of such big Ware. Would be nice to get a thought on how it affects the quality and worth of the blade. Best regards, Marco