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  1. Definitely not the mei (signature) of famous Horikawa Kunihiro. reinhard
  2. Thanks Tyler, That's good news. Chandler's translation is correct and the style of engraving is in accordance with Nobuhide's work. Good luck and take good care (of the blade and of yourself). reinhard
  3. I'm wondering nobody asked for a picture of the opposite side of the nakago yet. Kurihara Nobuhide always engraved a nengo ("date") on the sashi ura of his long blades. So Tyler, could you please provide us with a pic of the reverse side of the tang? reinhard
  4. What I was saying was: The horimono is WITHIN RANGE of SOME of Kurihara Nobuhide's works. His horimono include a wide variety of subjects and he never executed the same horimono in the exact same style twice. The horimono in question shows many elements of different dragon-horimono he made. All in all the blade is interesting and should not be easily disregarded. reinhard
  5. You don't need to like it. The horimono is in accordance with some of Kurihara Nobuhide's works. reinhard
  6. I agree with Thomas. Most likely a twisted version of "Kane". reinhard
  7. Maybe we can agree on this: The blade in question is of high quality, way above most of the blades discussed here, and shows many features associated with Yamaura-school. Judgement on the basis of pictures/pixels is difficult. Perspective/camera-angle make judgement even more difficult. Let's wait for judgement of true experts, and I don't mean NMB, to narrow the question of the possible maker. reinhard
  8. Hi Yoshi, EMS worked perfectly fine with me and my Japanese associates until some years ago. All of a sudden EMS refused to ship swords to Switzerland, claiming problems with SWISS airlines. That was and is actually not true. Asking SWISS cargo they confirmed that they will transport antique blades without a problem. Asking again in Japan it turned out the problem was more likely to be located at inner Japanese traffic. A blade sent from any place in Japan eventually has to take its way to another airport in Japan before leaving the country. That's where Japanese regulations start to become a problem for EMS. Anyway, the blade in question made its way to Switzerland with Fedex without any problems. reinhard
  9. Supposed the nakago is mumei but in original shape, i.e. the blade was made in "naginata-naoshi-style", you are correct. Supposed the blade was originally made a naginata and was shortened later (naginata-naoshi) you are not. reinhard
  10. Hi Artur, Sorry to tell you, but the tsuba you are showing are not pre-mid Edo period. Designs are stiff and awkward, most of them unprecedented. Execution is amateurish and very poor. All in all they look pretty young. I suggest you study reliable sources about quality tsuba before further acquiring. reinhard
  11. Bonji on blades are often easy to identify, but sometimes they are not as simple as they seem. Just for consideration: reinhard
  12. The famous Hosokawa-Mon is always consisting of nine round luminaries. A bigger one in the middle and eight smaller ones circling around it. Not one more, not one less. reinhard
  13. Who is next? Bizen Nagamitsu? reinhard
  14. You better go to sleep and consider this tomorrow again. reinhard
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