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  1. Many thanks for explaining that, Moriyama San!
  2. I’ve checked “Sesko”…hmm, he has him as “Kitsusōshi, I’m puzzled….
  3. Judging school is very difficult on this mask. No clear features are pointing somewhere… I agree with Luc about the period and quality, though. Can you show us some additional pics…side view, underside of the chin etc?!
  4. “Kitsusōshi Inaba”?
  5. Maybe “江府住栄清” (Kōfu Jū Eisei)?
  6. It’s allegedly the date this kind of leather was once introduced…
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    Egawa Details.

    Interesting interpretation,Piers! I wasn’t aware of this. So the red/white piping is not fusegumi in a common sense?!
  8. No, don’t place the dō upside down!
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    Egawa Details.

    Chris, unfortunately I can’t tell when fusegumi (伏組) or jabara-ito (蛇腹糸) came into fashion. These “cords” were usually used to cover the butt edges between different e-gawa, as you might know…
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    Imperial Gunbai?

    Hello and welcome, James! Very nice gunbai you have, but I guess not imperial. The mon is probably “丸に中陰九葉菊” (nine petal chrysanthemum in a ring), rather unusual for the imperial family. Can you please take a picture that also covers the right column of the inscription completely?! It’s a date, but the top kanji is missing.
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    Egawa Details.

    Very well done 👍 What do you mean with “when was this trim introduced”?
  12. Right: 大號 (large size) Mid: 昭和十三年製 (made 1938) Left: 本廠檢定 (factory inspected?) Not sure about the red ones…
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    Egawa Details.

    The description is right. One can argue if iyozane or wide kozane, but that is insignificant, I think.
  14. “関兼秀造之” (Seki Kanehide kore o tsukuru)
  15. Hmm, found this combo “哉彫” in Markus Meikan ....”髷道人哉彫鐫” (Kyoku-dōjin kore o chōsen). Admittedly have some problems interpreting this translation for several reasons
  16. Just found 哉 but no reference, as well…
  17. Right side seems “癸巳十月” (mizunotomi jūgatsu). Left side maybe “心口周” (彫?)…struggling with the second character at the moment.
  18. Mine is also signed on the left...
  19. Some, almost identical looking, with this signature are still around. I own one as well, mounted on a katana…. Very plain, but the iron is quite good. A “serial production”?
  20. Initially I thought ネ, but 市 seems not that bad…
  21. Not familiar with this, but my try for the left “請合” would be “ukeai” (guarantee) or something like that…
  22. Can also be read “Haruyoshi”, “Harunobu” or “Haruki”…
  23. Thanks, Piers!
  24. Hi Piers, fusenui is a new term for me. I only know 伏組 fusegumi (or 蛇腹糸 jabara-ito, for the simpler variant). What is it all about?
  25. Great work, Chris 👍
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