Yasaka Azuma

Dale. You have discovered a new clan. The Battle of Uji River is a popular story and is often used in the subject of sword fittings. However, the tsuba you posted clearly uses the same sketch or the same mold. You can see the superiority and inferiority of the finished product even by comparing the products handled by the pro shop. 宇治川先陣図鍔 https://blog.goo.ne.jp/tsuba_001/e/539b5021857b21549e591e169f6e6d57

The handle of the Japanese sword is stopped by one mekugi, so it often falls immediately after pulling out the mekugi. It is a realistic practice to engrave all parts with numbers to reassemble them. However, it is a pity that the "invasion" of works of art by different cultures is still unfortunate. Naturally, I understand that it is simply an administrative, clerical, and past of without consideration.

Shojo (Xingxing, written as 猩猩 or 猩々) is an imaginary animal first appeared in Chinese legends. As other members say, even timeless dullness and dirt are part of the value. For example, the treatment of historic guns that have been re-polished and re-blued is not always correct. https://www.jauce.com/auction/w407148924

There is no clue as to when the paperweight of the hidden Christian design was made. However, the interest of the Japanese people in hidden Christianity is very new. A disguised cross made at a foundry in Nagoya in the 1950s is still on the market as a relic of hidden Christians. https://www.jauce.com/auction/n490295512

Dale. The paperweight box says Seikodo. Seikodo is famous as a specialized workshop for making kettles for "Sadou". "Since Edo period, now it's the 10th, the atelier which specializes in making 茶の湯釜 Iron Tea Pot and 鉄瓶 Iron Kettle. In order to keeping excellent quality, even now, all works are handmade and the works are supported by only a few workers." http://www.seiko-do.com/about.php?lang=en That's why the paperweight is worth it and is being put up for auction online for 7,000 yen. Luxury goods! The paperweight I presented the image on starts at 100 yen.

I was more interested in this. This is a 90-year-old tsuba-shaped souvenir. Japan, a poor warring nation in World War II, survived without turning it into a bullet. It is valuable in that sense. https://www.jauce.com/auction/n487880061

The Urumui. India’s Flexible Sword https://civilianmilitaryintelligencegroup.com/12313/the-urumui-indias-flexible-sword

Whether online or in a store, the same Chinese phoenix can be found in many places. And I have no intention of evaluating a particular market. No matter who the seller is or wherever market it is, the basis is only the actual product.

No matter what I write, it doesn't help you anymore. However, I’d like to use this opportunity to will be a lesson for others. Items made with the same mold have repeatedly appeared in Japan, these may be alone or in combination with tsuba as I posted. In the case of a set, the damage actually occurs in units of thousands of dollars. Please be careful, too.

Do not involved in items with any of these signs. This is a shame, but you have gained hands-on knowledge.

The issuing body did not collect the old system testimony, but simply declared it invalid. Originally, the certificate once issued should be valid as long as the issuing organization continues to exist. The turbulence of the past and the desire for new income are the background of this situation.

phew. I was watching it too. The first listing was not sold. If the issuing organization is no longer in effect, it only sells the old certificate that has been made public. If that's all, there's nothing wrong with it. However, if someone replaces the photo, someone who can't read kanji may be fooled.

Every design is always a replica. It's so copied that it's hard to tell which is the mother model anymore. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u413370026 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o448700788 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t783434275 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m458665200 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x758450534 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m460327057 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w440444497 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/q429663081 The item description says it is made of iron. It is very well made and the design of "Tomi-no-matu (Pine tree in the distant view)" is attractive. But the texture is like a casting. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w447426207 Even in the Edo period, cast tsuba was made in Echizen, Choshu and aizu-shoami. There are a number of examples of these mass productions, but there are also a few elaborate works. I speculated that w447426207 might be a fine piece of casting tsuba with a similar age.

For Jan.　 The staple products. https://www.jauce.com/auction/b529723922 https://www.jauce.com/auction/g497710416 https://www.jauce.com/auction/c880933840 https://www.jauce.com/auction/s796105061 https://www.jauce.com/auction/b512647651 The builder has been more experienced. If he studied Akasaka more, it wouldn't figure out in the image. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o447212864 Part of the seppadai didn't work out, when casting or pressing. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c881154657 I don't know a metal worker who bends the "chikara-kane" that should support the "ne" from all sides and pushes it into the back of menuki. The authenticity of the certificate issued in Reiwa is suspected. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s798912537 Bamboo tiger figure is a very popular subject, not only in yokoya school but also in nara school, hamano school and mito. I haven't seen it in kyo-kinko for some reason. Items made from the same mold were exhibited in different colors. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t771546195 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/o444074484 These two tsuba are also the same mold, only the difference between plain and gold. And the certificate handwriting is terrible. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/t785771502 https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u352251876 It seems to be tsuba that was actually used for koshirae. However, a crack occurred in seppadai during manufacturing or when hitting seme-tagane. As a result, the rating drops. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r462118760 The first letter of the inscription cannot be read as "柳 (Yana)", which is misspelled. As you can see in the comparison image, there are some other differences. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k527087277 reference sample https://iidakoendo.com/5923/ The Higo inlay is vulnerable to rubbing and will partially fall off over time. In addition, the spiral pattern is accurate in shape, and the circle does not collapse or the lines do not intersect. https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u410581924 reference sample https://samuraigallery.com/2018/10/30/taset_feel_masterpieces/

(I secretly fix it) Fujishiro's signature pictorial book is a good guidepost , but since it was edited 80 years ago, the actual thing that doesn't apply will come out afterwards. The publisher has revised it, but the current situation is that it cannot catch up. Bryce. There's a reason I've lined up the photos instead of Oshigata Kanemichi on topic / 34613 will talk assuming your katana. You may have noticed by looking at the image that your katana is peculiar compared to other tangs. It's rusting progresses, I can't see the traces of filing that should be there at the resolution of the image already uploaded. It may be fine while you own it, but I'm a little worried about the bad signs. https://www.touken-sato.com/event/katana/2012/08/K-kanemichi_2nd-01.html

Oh! s**t, I made a mistake. The source says it's second generation, and I should have put the image in the right place. I couldn't find a satisfying image of the first generation of Kanemichi. https://www.touken-world.jp/search/22191/

Hello Bryce. The first generation of Kanemichi is in the style of Kanbun-shinto, and the second generation is in the style of Genroku-shinto. None of them are the revival of old-fashioned Katana. I picked up several types of Kanemichi's signatures online. With the sword of your topic in between, the left side is the first generation and the right side is the second generation. I couldn't determine which topic sword belonged to. Do you know the answer?

Shoki gets rid of the plague-prone demons. Often frequently appear online. It won't sell for 180,000 yen, but at least I want you to get rid of COVID. https://www.jauce.com/auction/o395212409

Yeah, has moved away from the needs of Sebastien. My bad. 柊鰯図小柄 銘 大森英秀（花押）Hiragi-iwashi-zu-koduka oomori-teruhide(kao)

Wow, great. That lovable gluttony. This tsuba is said to be a cross, but it is clearly shiba-gaki. https://www.jauce.com/auction/d481294476

Dale bulldogs want to pat a head. This shiba-gaki is torn and has a wabi-sabi taste. The description says it's Bushu, but I don't know the truth because it's unsigned. After all, the search for accommodation for unsigned works is endless. https://www.jauce.com/auction/o451973490

Certainly it sold for 83,000 yen. If I look closely, the kogai-hitu is out of position, and it is unnatural to cut Kao after the dent in Seppadai.

The Aizu Shoami school has the image of making only miscellaneous popular products. However, they also leave behind good works influenced by Nara School. Shiba-gaki is a design that I often see.

Hiragi-iwashi hangs on the door and the dog comes to sniff. Wasn't the European holly a talisman tree in the West? This custom is found in Kyoto, Osaka, Edo and Aizu. The punch marks around nakago-hitu may be close to Aizu-Shoami.

Thank you Eric, for publishing the image. Let me correct it, this is not an iebori like the Goto family. The style is machibori's shishi. Therefore, I think that the era is newer than the middle Edo period (1700 A.D.), not the early Edo period.