Nicholas
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Where could I find an example of a Satsuma Soshu utsushi? Haha most likely. It is in great condition. Absolutely itame mixed with Mokume. I can see areas of o-itame with large mokume mixed in throughout the blade.
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A few more pictures of hada, hamon, 4 inch o-kissaki and type 98 mounts.
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This sword is mumei, could possibly be Gendaito or maybe a little earlier with a Nambokucho period Enbun-Joji sugata with O-kissaki. Looks like the smith was trying to replicate Norishige. It came in type 98 military koshirae. Interesting. Yes very similar
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Left: Yasumitsu Middle: Yasuhiro Right: Yasuoki
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The book An Oshigata Book of Modern Japanese Swordsmiths: 1868 – 1945 shows examples of oshigata for Yasuhiro for 1936 & 1937 of Yasukuni shrine swords.
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Thank you Uwe and Volker. The sword is a Yasukunito by Yasuhiro. With the date of July 1937 it leads me to believe that this might be one of the last swords Yasuhiro produced before leaving the shrine.
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Would this be September 1937
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I bought the sword from someone who had the sword polished by this polisher. I was still very new to collecting Japanese swords at the time. Something didn’t sit right with me about the polish on that particular sword. That’s when I really started to look into what a good polish looks like, and what goes into becoming a togishi. Needless to say I parted ways with that sword.
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Each smith made a difference amount of swords during their time at the shrine. A lot of information can be found here at this site http://www.jp-sword.com/files/yasukuni/yasukunito.html one thing I’ve always found conflicting about yasukuni shrine swords is that some people say they made swords in the style of Kagemitsu and Nagamitsu in suguha. Other people say in the Rai tradition.. which one is true.
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I am a huge fan of Yasukunito and own a few including a Yasumitsu. But there seems to be little to no variation in the style of swords he produced at the shrine from all the swords I have seen by Yasumitsu.
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David Hofhine
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Doesn’t look like a traditional Japanese polish to me. It looks exaggerated. But that’s just my opinion.
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I once purchased a sword that had been polished by the same polisher that polished the Akihide for sale here on the forum. It looked good in pictures but when I got the sword in hand I couldn’t distinguish any features of the sword. It’s like the sword had 5 pounds of makeup on. I’m only sharing my experience.
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Ko Bizen Hiromitsu from Compton collection
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Noshu Ju Fujiwara Michisane Saku
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Looks amazing, I like everything about it. I have a katana with very similar O-hada and hamon but less activity.
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eBay is terrible. It’s full of dealers selling overpriced low quality to mediocre swords. It’s a trap for the beginner collectors in my opinion. But once in a while a good sword gets listed from a private person. I’m not mad Gerry posted the link to the sword in question. There was already 47 people watching the auction now there’s 60. The sword was never going to sell cheap to begin with.
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Seriously 😒
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Can you post pictures of the blade please. Could help with further determination.
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Hi Lev, It’s a page out of Nihon Toko Jiten by Fujishiro. Regards, Nicholas
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Here’s one example I found in a reference book. Can’t read Japanese so not sure about what it says but I hope it helps.
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No problem Lev. It looks like that mei is specific to the 4th generation Nagamichi in the swordsmith index. https://nihontoclub....a=All&school_nid=All
