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--> WII era

A pic from Nagamitsu or Emura is a big mystery... many would like to have incl. me :-) Attached some pics from my Nagamitsu

seems to be a very nice package!! I guess you already know this link http://www.japaneseswordindex.com/naga.htm

show us the other site of the Nakago

seems to be a very nice collection

sorry, I don´t, but maybe others

see also https://nihontoclub.com/view/smiths/meisearch?type=All&mei_op=contains&mei=陸奥守藤原兼

Hello, I have seen this video long time ago as well and I indented to go to Steyr to the City Museum see this blade - but not done so far.. Here the link to the Museum - https://www.steyr.at/Stadtmuseum regards Klaus

from John S. Slough´s book - "medium grade showato":

good point @Ray Singer, many thanks! I hope that I will see this blade in hand in May, latest June... and will of course post some pics.

Hello, I almost can´t believe, that nobody here has some information about the smith Suzuki Tadayoshi many thanks Klaus

Hello, sorry to reopen this old thread but I have a question concerning Suzuki Tadayoshi. A friend offered me a blade which is signed Yamato (no) kuni Tadayoshi (大和国忠義) and dated Showa 17, 4th month lucky day (April 1942). Chris Bowen told me that the only smith, he is aware of, who signed with 忠義 is Suzuki Tadayoshi. But unfortunately he has no more information about this smith available. Therefore, I kindly ask if anybody (maybe @PNSSHOGUN) has some information about this smith. Many thanks in advance. Klaus

eBook from Markus Sesko - very useful! https://markussesko....wordsmiths-of-Japan/ https://www.lulu.com...an&page=1&pageSize=4

from Markus book: NOBUYOSHI (信吉), 2 nd gen., Enpō (延宝, 1673-1681), Yamashiro – “Shinano no Kami Fujiwara Nobuyoshi” (信濃守藤原信吉), “Rakuyō Shinano no Kami Minamoto Nobuyoshi” (洛陽信濃守源信吉), according to a theory it was the 2nd gen. who bore the real name Takai Kinzaburō (高井金三郎), he lived in Kyōto´s Aburanokōji (油小路), we know blades from the Enpō to the Genroku era (元禄, 1688-1704) and he also worked in Ōsaka, chūjō-saku

As I know, there is a guy in Poland as well. I don´t know him directly, just via another guy (Arek - arekkk1@o2.pl) who made a new Saya for me .

Hello, has anybody an update on the Gendai book project from @Markus ? thanks Klaus

I guess it is 2.gen. Kojima Kanemichi KANEMICHI (兼道), Heisei (平成, 1989- ), Gifu – “Kanemichi” (兼道), “Seki-jū Kojima Kanemichi kore o saku” (関住小島兼道作之), “Sekishū Kohima Kanemichi saku” (関州小島兼道作), “Kojima Kanemichi kore o saku” (小島兼道作之), “Seki-jū Kanemichi saku” (関住兼道作), real name Kojima Ikuo (小島郁夫), born May 15th 1953, son of Kojima Tokijirō Kanemichi, he first signed with his first name Ikuo (郁夫

many thanks Brian!

might be a nice blade and would like to see some pics from the blade from Markus book: but nor sure if these two smiths worked at the same time SUKESADA (祐定), 3 rd gen., Kyōhō (享保, 1716-1736), Bizen – “Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Sukeada” (備前国長船住祐定), “Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Yokoyama Genpachirō Fujiwara Sukesada saku” (備前国長船住 横山源八郎藤原祐定作), “Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Yokoyama Genpachirō Sukesada” (備前国長船住 横山源八郎祐定), “Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Yokoyama Sukesada” (備前国長船住横山祐定), real name Yokoyama Genpachirō (横山源八郎) son of the 2nd gen. Gennoshin Sukesada, he died on the 27th day of the seventh month Kanpō three (寛保, 1743) at the young age of 32, gunome-chōji, suguha SUKESADA (祐定), 6 th gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Bizen – “Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Yokoyama Kōzuke no Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada” (備前国長船住横山上野大掾藤原祐定), “Bishū Osafune-jūnin Yokoyama Kōzuke no Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada” (備州長船住人横山上野大掾藤原祐定), “Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Yokoyama Hanbei Fujiwara Sukeasada” (備前国長船住横山半兵衛藤原祐定), “Yokoyama Kōzuke no Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada – Bishū Osafune-jūnin” (横山上野大掾藤原祐定・備州長船住人), “Yokoyama Kōzuke no Daijō Fujiwara Sukesada” (横山上野大掾藤原祐定), real name Yokoyama Hanbei (横山半兵衛), son of Shichibei Sukesada, he counted himself as 6th gen. Yosōzaemon Sukesada, he received honorary title Kōzuke no Daijō on the eleventh day of the seventh month Kanbun four (1664), he died on the 29th day of the eleventh month Kyōhō six (享保, 1721) at the age of 89, together with his father he is considered as one of the shintō-era Sukesada smiths, narrow sugu-yakidashi, gunome-chōji-midare, kani-no[1]tsume, suguha, we know blades from Manji (万治, 1658-1661) to Shōtoku (正徳, 1711-1716) , jō-saku

Hello, I am looking for this article, but can´t find it to download. thanks Klaus

Exceptions should be always possible!!!

Just read the whole thread - well done Georg, great blade, great find (every Nihonto collector is dreaming about such a incredibly find), great story!! I have no more words, still speechless!!

I got the advise from a Togi-shi to cover the blade first with an oiled cling film and than put it in a paper saya.

Hello David, here some more information https://nihontoclub....ei=Fujiwara+Saneyuki regards Klaus

Hello, just an indication https://www.aoijapan...-fujiwara-nagashige/ or here https://www.ebay.com/itm/235376326706 lg Klaus