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Tengu1957

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  1. Thanks for sharing.
  2. Jussi , thanks. I can only imagine a great deal of blunt trauma ! Other than seeing them in woodblock prints I can't remember reading about units like Nagamaki groups being used tactically. If anyone has a good reference please point me to it.
  3. Please excuse me if this is not the category for this but it's a Japanese weapon Kanabo -Samurai war club from the Yamagata region 153 cm 4.5 kilos Made from wood with an iron ring and the upper half covered in iron with studs. I would not want to be on the receiving end of this !!!!! This is early Edo or a little older . I have always wanted one of these. Many thanks to David Thatcher for selling this to me
  4. A small Big gun Bore is 30 MM - heavy gun 78 cm long with a Satsuma Mon and relief of a Hawk I can't imagine shooting one of these or being on the receiving end of the projectile Also pictured is an Edo period ammo pouch with the Tokugawa Mon on the front and back. Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me. We
  5. I don't believe normal conversations start this way. This is Brian's Web site and we are all guests so I believe he prefers we communicate in a less aggressive style. We are supposed to share things for learning and enjoyment.
  6. Thank you very much for the information!
  7. Edo period Tsuba of various schools
  8. Koboshi Kabuto 67 plate , 30 rivets per plate Signed Myochin Munetsugu Early Edo Many thanks to Nick Ricopero at Nihonto art for selling this to me
  9. O-Suriage Tachi Late Nombokucho 71.8 cm NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Esshu Mistsuyuki O-Kissaki A very wide and robust sword Many thanks to Mike Yamasaki for selling this to me
  10. Yes , 62 plates with 30 rivets each so 1860 total.
  11. This is the best I can do on it.
  12. Luc , it's signed Soshu. I wasn't paying attention and spell check made a change and I did not catch it. See above images of the signature. Thanks
  13. Uwe , sorry . I swear spell checks changes everything. I did not notice . It's signed Soshu
  14. Ko Boshi Kabuto Akoda nari shape 62 plates ,26 rivets (1612 rivets ) In larger to smaller size Signed Noshu ju Naosuke Believed to be pre Edo Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me
  15. Tengu1957

    Collecting

    Armor would be sengoku to late Edo Swords/pole arms are Kamakura to shinshinto Teppo are Edo Tsuba are mostly late Muromachi to Edo
  16. Tengu1957

    Collecting

    Room 3 I can't get an image small enough to attach but it's a table of Tsuba along with the images attached.
  17. Tengu1957

    Collecting

    This is room 2 of 3. Mostly storage for swords but a Saotome armor and a lot of Tetsubin and books. I'm doing an exhibition now at the North Carolina Museum of art ( the making of a warrior ) from Oct 19 2025 to Feb 2 2025. You can see images on line. A lot is missing because it's there. The curator picked what she wanted so skipped over many of the Kamakura jidai swords.
  18. Tengu1957

    Collecting

    Room 1 of 3. It's getting to be a bit much.
  19. It's Kinzogan. I will take a better image of the activity. It must have been quite long before the Osuriage. Sorry for the poor images.
  20. It's not mentioned in the saya gaki who added it. The paper did not mention it either but both agreed with the attribution.
  21. I don't remember that I had posted this before but if I had it's been some time ago. O Suriage Nambokucho Tachi attributed to Sa Sadayoshi , student of O Sa . One of the 10 best students of Masamune. It has a kin zogan mei Sa , Sadayoshi on both side of the Nakago. There is an Edo period Horimono added to the sword. 71.2 cm Syagaki by Mr. Tanobe
  22. Etchu Zunari Kabuto and Menpo , Edo period. Extra tall for this style.
  23. Edo period Kabuto and Menpo The Hachi on this set is lacquered leather. It was often commissioned by older men who could not wear an iron Kabuto for long periods of time. The Menpo is signed and made of iron. The noble face or expression on the Menpo was often favored by older men as well. A leather bowl could repel sword strikes as well as iron ones. Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me.
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