Chris Colman
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Thank you Morita san, can you say what the character is at the beginning of the Takase Eiju mei? I have attached a couple of better photos of the second fuchi. regards chris colman
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I recently bought three fuchi, From the kanji references I can pick out Yoshi-Hoka-?Tsugu Kao; ?-Taka-Sei-?-?-Kao; the third is not clear at all I guess it was mounted on a board at one time, ?-Yoshi Saku, kanji on the right I can't make out at all. I would appreciate help filling in the blanks and any information on the craftsmen. regards chris colman
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Thank you for your input Moriyama san, I have been studying the kanji lists I have and have problems seeing Yoshimitsu. The more I look the more I see that could fit the two curved strokes on this kanji, quite frustrating. chris colman
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This on an O suriage wakizashi, I think it is an Osafune smith, possibly Yukimitsu. I am hoping someone with a better eye than mine can confirm. thanks chris colman
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Thanks Mark, I appreciate your effort. Two more photos attached. Also one that was obvious, a Jakushi kozuka that was part of the group. regards chris
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New acquisiations from a recent auction here in NZ. I have had the books out over the weekend but can't get further than Taka on one and Kin?Aki/Shu?Tomo/Jo on the other. The third has no mei but some intertwining lines that I am sure I have seen before, but don't recall if they meant anything. Any help will be much appreciated. chris colman
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A posting in December 2007 "Kamakura Bori Hakogaki" shows a piece authenticated by Dr Torigoe, the workmanship is quite naive (for want of a better term), more so than the piece shown here. Examples I have seen show this work style to be fairly typical of Kamakura Bori. chris colman
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Hi John, Thanks for the comment and information. I think the Haynes books may be next on y purchase list. regards chris
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I obviously forgot to attach the second photo.
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I recently bought this tsuba from a friend and thought it worth posting. I am assuming that the shape is a modified Aoi gata, please correct me if I am wrong. In the few books I have on tsuba, the cherry blossom on raft theme appears on Bushu tsuba, none of the Choshu show it. The mei reads, Choshu Haggi Ju - Tomohisa, I have seen a couple of Tomohisa tsuba, I am sure this is a later generation. Chris Colman
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Hi, During our first visit to Japan last year, in Seki City we watched a demonstration of Iaido and tameshigiri. At the end of the demonstration the sensei showed their katana to the audience, all were blunt as a thumb run along the edge proved. The particular school, unfortunately I don't remember the style, always use a blunt sword, "a true swordsman does not need a sharp sword to cut", "the speed of the cut is critical". regards chris colman
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Hi, I had two swords polished in Japan, one was papered before polish the second after. All up it took about 18 months. Another collector from NZ waited three years for a katana to be polished, I have been told that the average is a year. regards chris colman
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Hi Pete, I was in London recently and bought the tsuba from Don Baney. I don't know how he came by it. I agree it is a wonderful piece. regards chris
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Moriyama san, thank you very much for your translation. Thanks for the comments. Since buying this tsuba I have gone through all of my books, including Dr Torigoe, googled and not come up with any other Kamakura tsuba quite like this one. Apparently it is ex Alan Harvie collection, he wrote an article or two for the NCJSC several years ago on Kamakura tsuba, I don't have a copy of the articles so don't know if this tsuba was featured. regards chris
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Thanks Rich, A couple of photos as requested. regards chris
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I recently bought a Kamakura Bori tsuba with a hakogaki, my skills with kanji are extremely limited, any help would be much appreciated. regards chris
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Hi Gordon, The hamon is ko-gunome, more visible when the tanto is in hand, and as you say quite monotonous. regards chris
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Hi Roland, Like you I have an interest in the Yoshii school, having purchased a tanto by Kiyonori a few years ago. The mei is Fujiwara Kiyonori, second generation Eikyo. It was purchased by a New Zealander in Japan in 1951 for the sum of 4000 yen from an "Authorised Sword Expert" M. Mishima, this is stamped in red on all the accompanying paperwork. It is a text book example, small gunome with nie in the tani. regards chris[/img]
