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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

many thanks for clarification, didn´t know it that he has 3 brothers and all were sword smith!

Isn´t Tsukamoto Masakazu the the youger brother of Tsukmoto Okimasa?! But I might be wrong.

sorry, missed this point!

maybe this helps to find out the date http://www.jssus.org/ --> Nihonto kanjio pages/Nihonto Kanji/Common Kanji 昭和 - Showa..... can be found at Nenki & Kuni... lg Klaus

Hallo Oli, would like to see some pics from the blade lg Klaus

seems to be xxx Akinobu saku kore and might be a nice blade

very nice!

Hi Volker, was there something in the box...?

Hello, a friend of mine send me some pics from the Nakago of a blade, signed "Noshu ju Kaneshige saku" with Kokuin stamp. The shape of the Nakago is very bad and I do not see any Sho stamp. Anyway, I wonder if any blade made during Showa time, with a Kokuin stamp, is a non traditional blade? See also one pic from the book "An Oshigata Book of MODERN Japanese SWORDSMITHS 1868-1945 from John Scott Slough" page 65. Or if the existence of a Kokuin stamp is completely independent and describes only that the construction of this blade is done with Kobuse method and does not indicate if traditional or non traditional made. Many thanks in advance Klaus

hmm, let me check again as till now I did not recognize any fine marking.

Hello, even it is a quite old thread, I guess some here might enjoy the pics from the freshly polished blade @Admins: please delete this thread if it does not fit your rules. regards Klaus

Hello Thomas, both blades do not have any stamped serial numbers at the bottom of the tang. Attached some pics form both blades from the Nakago.

Hello, let me check and I will come back to you, but not before mid/end of next week as I am on holiday these days kind Regards Klaus

Hello Markus, is there any update available? :-) best Regards Klaus

many thanks!

Hello, Just wondering if there is any update on this project? Is there anybody who is in contact with Markus? Any update would be highly appreciated. many thanks in advnace Klaus

great blade!