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Another blade without a designation is the Sozui Masamune which is part of the Imperial collection.

2. Masamune no Sono ( 1961 ) sold

I am offering for sale a few more books that have been digitized ALL BOOKS HAVE CUT BOOKBINDINGS (outer cover is intact) 1. Reimeikai Meitō Zuroku (1960) - Tokugawa museum of Art, selection from the collection, 100 blades. The best of the Tokugawa collection, Japanese, B4 format ... 100,- EUR 2. Masamune no Sono ( 1961 ), book published on the occasion of the Masamune no Sono Ichimon exhibition in 1961, 96 blades. Undoubtedly the best Masamune exhibition ever. Japanese/English, B4 format ... 90,- EUR 3. Meito Shubi ( 1948 ), 152 blades. The best of Nihonto. This is exactly one of those books where you can see blades in polish that are lost forever. Japanese, B4 format ...80,- EUR 4. Imperial collection oshigata. Consists of Koto part (242 blades) and Shinto part (88 blades). Japanese, B4 format ... 120,- EUR 5. Kurokawa Institute of Ancient Cultures, 111 blades. Japanese, B4 format ... 90,- EUR 6. Nihonto Taikan VI - Tsuba/ Kodogu part. 675 items. Japanese, B4 format ... 120,- EUR 7. Encyclopedia of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties 6 - Crafts part. The book contains all items with Juyo Bunkazai and Kokuho status. 909 items for the Nihonto part. This book is really rarely for sale Japanese, A4 format ... 140,- EUR Photos follow the order of the books Shipped from Slovakia + postage ( + PP fee )

... In addition - the Japanese seller will offer 60-70% of the market price. Which is logical, because he is a businessman. In addition, it is necessary to add the cost of shipping and the fee for the import permit If your sword is not designed as a Juyo Bunkazai (Important Cultural Property) or Kokuho (National Treasure) then there is no need to worry about not getting your treasure back.

Can you please tell us more about this blade Kirill? Ha with nagare in Soshu-den Tight ko-itame in Ji - but I don't see ko-nie or chikei I would say it's a later blade than the Sadamune period

If it is an engraving, then the patina in the mon engraving looks similar to the surrounding area In addition, I would assume that the original location was in the habaki area

Just for you Kirill NBM has a limit for image size Despite the fact that I resize it under 1MB, the uploaded image is compressed Here you can find Kikko Sadamune in HiRes scans https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Album/15049121?secret=1W37te8is5MJ7Ai7XC0x8c4w5#check-duplicates @Jussi Ekholm I saw this blade at TNM during the Kokuho 150th anniversary exhibition and I have to say that it looked humdrum through the glass for me

I have several blades in my collection that have been polished in the Takeya Sashikomi shiage style (traditional Sashikomi). I assure you that the reflection of the martensitic structures is unmatched.

My choice would be the original condition without a second thought Here are better photos from 1961

I went back to my database once again and it turns out I wasn't being thorough I did find two blades at Juyo level One is an ubu Tachi with mei "Mogusa" (Ichinoseki city Bunkazai) The other is an o-suriage According to the setsumei, both are dated to the late Kamakura The JuBi Tachi Toshiyasu (some read it as Yoyasu) is descripted in detail in the Nihonto Taikan The dating is also late Kamakura

It looks like you're picking a unicorn Kirill My databases aren't 100% accurate, but out of almost 30,000 records, the only Mogusa I have is a JuBi blade (this one is a zaimei) Apart from this one, nothing - not just a zaimei nothing - simply zero

I am offering for sale a complete set of 8 books Nihonto Juyo Bijutsuhin Zenshu ALL BOOKS HAVE CUT BOOKBINDINGS (outer cover is intact) because they were digitized 700 EUR + PP fee + shipping Postage to most continental EU countries (except Scandinavia) ... 40 EUR Shipped from Slovakia

This Ken was donated to NBTHK by Mr. Soichi Suzuki It was exhibited last year at NBTHK Here you can find some photos and a video (use move right) https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Photo/14112229/575662093

... and a video of this blade from the Masamune no Sono Ichimon 2024 exhibition Sorry for the quality, the lighting conditions were limited https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Photo/14796705/599892574?secret=4mw04Yf9fo7i2EYh32MPkN3JO

And one of the best photographs available - the 1961 Masamune no Sono Ichimon exhibition

Kosetsu Samonji was published twice in Token Bijutsu and also twice in the En version of Token Bijutsu Here is the better En version

Gakusee is right

Kotetsu and Kiyomaro sold

Nice job Uwe In a perfect world we would have all the important blades processed like this Unfortunately for many of them there are very few photos or oshigata available

The quality of photos in old books is much better than we often think Here is a cutout from the Kurokawa Institute book - the brightness level is increased to better show the steel structure And since NMB has file size restrictions, here you will find HiRes https://eu.zonerama.com/Nihonto/Album/14700507?secret=uQXIq3PO20V89iRtO23e4D59N

My guess is 4-6 years

In fact, Martin Horňák is also a traditional togishi who trained in Japan

Hvala is Croatian but you're not that far away - LOL

Here you have one https://buyee.jp/item/jdirectitems/auction/o1192582134

I appreciate the efforts of anyone who is willing to sacrifice their time and effort for this hobby Maybe this data on Nihonto Club will help https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/schools