Bazza

To parrot a topical saying amongst my drinking compadres: "Is green, is good!" BaZZa.

Beautiful photos. BaZZa.

Thomas et al, How interesting! I have one. I acquired it many years ago I forget from where. I think someone gave it to me?? Its an original American edition dated 1942 that has 2,280 pages and is 3-1/2 inches thick. The (centered text) title page reads: KENKYUSHA'S NEW Japanese = ENGLISH DICTIONARY (string of kanji) TAKENOBU YOSHITARO GENERAL EDITOR American Edition CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1942 There is a lengthy foreword in English that begins: "The present war has necessitated the publication in the United States of a new edition of Kenkyusha's Japanese-English Dictionary..." I haven't had much recourse to refer to it, but it has been handy on a few occasions. BaZZa.

Piers san, how topical!! Your musings have been pertinent in my house since the Cooper auction here... and for decades before!! I love how you put it "Strangely there’s no sense of pain" BaZZa.

Pal, buddy, maaaate, don't talk to me about the 'to do' list..... @bugotsuji BaZZa.

@ian B3R2UH @darthlaker Where's the 'Awww, shucks' emoji?? Wonderful people and the Nihontou community worldwide have been the second big step in my life. The first was meeting and marrying my Darling Wife, who 'Lets me' (collect Nihontou!!!). Hats off to yo'all. Barry Thomas aka BaZZa.

I beieve TOGISHI use caustic soda to kill any acid, fingers or otherwise. BaZZa.

Leave it up. BaZZa, who has been doing the Aussie hard road for 60 years and has seen it all and been there and done that... Thin skin doesn't cut it in the Nihontou world...

Bugyotsugi said > If you include Bakumatsu and Meiji wine drinking within the definition of ‘saké’ then I will include these Kutani goblets. Kutani shot glasses - I like that!! BaZZa.

Gentle Ffolke, just found this FYI: Here is the home page of the Time and Tide series: https://www3.nhk.or....gram/video/timetide/ And three interesting programs I just watched: History Uncovered: Tsukumo Nasu - Power in a Tea Caddy https://www3.nhk.or....emand/video/3022038/ Takeda Shingen https://www3.nhk.or....emand/video/3022038/ MUSASHI TRUTH https://www3.nhk.or....emand/video/3022013/ BaZZa.

It my have been a (or part of a) DAIMYOU OMOCHA ('plaything'). Bob Benson in his BUSHIDOU magazine decades ago had a tanto with solid gold tosogu that was describes a Daimyou's 'plaything'; https://www.jstor.org/stable/1178558 BaZZa.

It really is a good-looking trophy and I love the wood... BaZZa.

'Like' with the proviso that the Phillips head screws are replaced with something more arsetistic... BaZZa.

Bruce, this may not be a bonji. Naotane is said to have used a katakana kokuin for a town name when he forged swords away from 'home'. I see this as 4 katakana that I have enlarged and translated with a -kana table. At first blush I get HI SHI NA (?) NI (?). I am likely to be way off base... BaZZa.

Might have been a real mumei nakago, but surely this is a crudely incised mei with a Dremel tool or a 4-inch nail!!?? BaZZa.