Curran

You can tell a lot from the central peg and the walls of the backside of a menuki. My first impression is that the back of the menuki doesn't look consistent with Goto Kojo work. I will try to remember to look more later today. It is a nice menuki where I think 'authentic' vs 'gimei' doesn't matter much. My gut says 'Goto' much later in the school, with a spurious mei added later.

I posted this several years ago, from an article by an Admiral Edwin Layton and Alan Harvie. According to my old notes, it was originally sourced from "Soken Kodogu Yogo lo Meisho no Kaiselsu". Certain types of nanako are associated with certain schools, and I was trying to learn the differences between the nanako of the various Ko-Goto masters up to Goto Tokujo. I think it is one of my projects that fell by the wayside some time ago.

What I have is probably in excess of your needs. It is very high end kinko and NBTHK papered. Nor did I particularly want to sell it. Since Owari is one of my two preferred areas of study, I will think to throw you a link when I see anything. I see less and less Owari kinko these days, but sometimes something pops up. My interest is more tsuba.

Umetada Duck+Waves tsuba still available. _____________________________________________ Ko-Kinko FK and Kanayama tsuba now sold. --Donation to NMB when transaction is completed.

@Sergio M (1) kinko or iron ? (2) papered or non papered ? (3) particular design ?

Oh, my face hurts from prolonged smiling. This wasn't an April Fools Day joke, was it? We've had a few, like the Cajun and his National Treasure Beaver Cleaver of a tachi.

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And Donation to NMB if they sell via here. --no Tariffs for USA buyers, since I am in Atlanta. --and I am very good about international shipping. Alright. Peace all, and good night. Curran (aka. "Chris" in his hometown of ATL)

Little SALE: Buy 2, take 10% off. Buy 3, take 15% off. Shipping and Customs per your Instructions. (1) Ko-kinko paulownia f/k: $375 (Good set. Better than photos.) (2) Umetada Duck tsuba: $250 (Confuscian Happiness theme.) (3) Kanayama Birds tsuba: $250 (Old illegible writing on back.) --If interested, PM me. -Curran [Chris]

Chicago show too.

My first thoughts were Jakushi(?) https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1246932497437445&set=pb.100063621186223.-2207520000 or Hizen (?) . This to say: Probably from a Kyushu based school.

Then travel well. Most here certainly wish you the best. --(Enjoy the kid. We wanted and never got them. My college fencing team captain and Lowell House roommate just wrote me today to say his son graduated HS. ____. )

I agree with Brian. Any summarizing might get accused of auditing / censoring.