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Hello all, Last month or so I wrote an article about Japanese Arms in Dutch paintings. Edited version is published in one of my favourite magazines with more information but less pictures. https://www.tokyowee...-armor-european-art/ Also attaching the pictures of the armors incase you don't want to google them You can find their story in the article. Thanks

Thank you @Gakusee No @Baba Yaga not yet. Peter wrote a great article about signed Nanban Tsuba recently: https://www.mandarin.../signed-nanban-tsuba

Hiya! I wrote an article on Japanese swords in the Golden Era Dutch paintings. Hope you enjoy it. (Had to go through nearly 6000 paintings, literally.) https://medium.com/p/a21cb4051788

Steven, Did you even read the description? It says signed Kozuke Sukesada..not "signed by Kozuke Sukesada" himself. He also mentions "There are copies of his work. A shinsa should be consulted as final authority. " So he clearly says this can be a copy! He couldn't be more clear about this! You always need to hear some positives because you are lacking in basic knowledge..If you like treasure hunting, you need to have some. (Dejavu) Thats a good idea. I think you meant Shinsa, not Sho-shin. Sho-shin means real signature. Brian says, US Shinsa in his post. So you can google " US Shinsa" and find out the answer yourself... Seriously?

Steven, I've visited one of your posts after a year and was hoping that you've made progress in your studies..nada.. Last year you said the same thing.. you didn't have much knowledge as others on the forum but you were studying with your new books.. I see nothing has changed. You need to hear opinions here so you can use them when you are about to sell this sword on this forum.. How about your own opinions? Since your are the one holding this blade in person, lets hear your opinions for a change? I also don't find ethical about asking opinions about a blade that you bought from a forum member.. well at least you can't cancel your order this time.

Smith doesn't polish the blade.

It’s fake, sorry.

Thank you very much!!

Thank you guys!! Thank you for the pictures @Grevedk

Can anyone help me out with this scroll please? The circled area plus the kao Thank you very much!

Hey guys can you please help me with this one? Thank you

Hey guys, How do you feel about this?

Ha! Bookmarks!

Thank you @Bugyotsuji and @ROKUJURO.. Jean I wasn't be able to write you an email but will do tonight Entschuldigung!

Hey guys, This one has pretty simple design. I believe these are blossoms? Silver maybe? Can you also identify the school? Thank you!

Got mine from the museum couple days ago ha!

Hello again I'm not sure but this one seems a bit new..maybe sometime around Meiji to Showa? or later perhaps? It's signed Gassan Saku..there is one Gassan but the signature style doesn't match..Opinions? Thank you! ps: should I clean it with silver polish?

What do you think was depicted on this tsuba..Plants or..? Thank you Challenge for @Spartancrest Don't say 3 bananas please.

Hi all, I've bought some tsuba(actually 7 of them and going to share some of them soon) and 2 of them are looking a bit "shiny" as in not might be Edo but later. Kyoto Antique fair was very dark and I was rushing so it's possible that I might have made a wrong decision. Can you please take a look and try to help me find its period. Thank you!

Thank you so much @Geraint @uwe @SteveM

Can you kindly help translate these please thank you!!

Oh so sorry for rotated photos, not sure how it happened..i’m on my phone so i can’t fix it

Thank you guys!!

Thank you Florian. But I've already been researching them for many years now. I usually don't ask if i'm not stuck. Nothing beats spending the weekend researching a 15 euro tsuba.