cisco-san

Hi Jacob, first of all welcome on board here !!! Here you can find some Information concerning Japanese Sword care and etiquette http://nbthk-ab.org/cleaning-maintenance.html and finally from Markus Seskos book information about Ikkansai Shigetoshi: SHIGETOSHI (繁寿), Keiō (慶応, 1865-1868), Suruga – “Ikkansai Shigetoshi” (一貫斎繁寿), “Sunpu ni oite Miyaguchi Ikkansai Shigetoshi” (於駿府宮口一貫斎繁寿), “Sunpu-jū Ikkansai Shigetoshi” (駿府住一貫斎繁寿), real name Miyaguchi Hachirō (宮口八郎), he was born in the ninth year of Tenpō (天保, 1838) in Shizuoka in Suruga province but moved later to Inaba where he was first a student and later the adopted son of Hamabe Toshinori (浜部寿格), but he later returned to Shizuoka and to his family name Miyaguchi, in Inaba he signed with Hisatoshi (寿俊), later he started to use the gō Ikkansai (一貫斎) and also signed with Shigehiro (繁広), he also worked in Odawara (小田原) in Sagami province, tradition says that he learned the art of horimono engraving from the lineage of Ozaki Suketaka (尾崎助隆), he died January 25th 1906 at the age of 69, dense itame, chōji-midare in nioi-deki or gunome-midare in ko-nie-deki, chūjō-saku

some nice swords!!

very nice package!!

....found the blade on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/MINTY-GENDAITO-WWII-Japanese-Samurai-Sword-SHIN-GUNTO-World-War-2-KATANA-BLADE/223776240540?hash=item341a1a739c:g:mvMAAOSwgsddyHxu Seems to be a nice blade.......

I would like to have one.....

Stefan, see also: https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/JU41

Hi, you should try to contact Markus Sesko. He is translating such kantei-sho´s just for a couple of dollars.

...for guys which have almost everything: https://www.dorotheum.com/de/l/6422763/

many thanks!!

from Markus book: uzumaki (渦巻) – Lit. “whirlpool.” Whirlpool shaped ō-mokume-based structures in the hada and/or ha-hada. Uzumaki, also referred to as uzumaki-hada (渦巻肌) when appearing in a more or less continuous manner, is seen for example on blades of the Shitahara school (下原). In spots, i.e. rather isolated, uzumaki is a characteristic feature of Taikei Naotane (大慶直胤)

Bruce, seems to be a nice blade! https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/KIN45 cheers Klaus

Hi Ken, I couldn´t not find it on Amazon. Do you have a link...?! thx Klaus

That´s really sad. I am sure it was a very nice blade!

very nice blade and great pictures!

more pics from the blade would be nice to see!

...this means "must be real" !!

Hi, can be, but can be made as Nagiata-Naoshi as well.

Hi Marcello, Christoph is right. This is a real old Japanese blade, but the polish is not the best ... In good polish is might be very nice. As you probably know, a proper polish costs a lot of money - approximately USD 100 per inch! But please do not try to polish this blade by yourself or any other self thought polisher - only via Japanese trained Togishi. Otherwise you would destroy this piece of 500 years old Japanese History! So please oil the blade to keep the current condition - as Grey wrote --> http://nbthk-ab.org/cleaning-maintenance.html edit: Christoph did some Photoshop miracles - your blade could look like that after proper polish !! :-) greetings Klaus

Hi, it seems that is starts with 伯耆国 (maybe 安..) ... Hōki no Kuni (Yasu)..... Pics are not good!

Hi, seems the be a very nice blade. I also found no information about this smith. But I guess some of our Gendaito guys, or Ray.... could help!

Hi, not the easiest one to translate.... Anyway, from Markus book: KANEHARU (兼治), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kaneharu” (兼治), real name Mori Ryōtarō (森良太郎), born October 19th 1904, he worked as a guntō smith

Hi, I guess the blade is signed Rakuyō Ichijō Horikawa-jū Kunihiro 洛陽一条堀川住国廣 and I am not sure if the mei is good --> Gimei

..but selling items located in Japan

from Markus book: KUNISHIGE (国重), 5th gen., Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Bitchū – “Bitchū no Kuni Mizuta-jū Ōtsuki Yogorō Kunishige saku” (備中国水田住与五郎国重作), “Bitchū no Kuni Mizuta-jū Kunishige saku” (備中国水田住 国重作), “Bitchū no Kuni Mizuta-jū Ōyogo Kunishige saku” (備中国水田住大与五国重作), real name Ōtsuki Yogorō (大月与五郎), nickname Ōyogo (大与五), son of the 4th gen. Kunishige, he was one of the most outstanding shintō-Mizuta smiths, his gō was Yūmei (有明, also read Yūmyō), it is said that he died young and/or that he remained childless, so his younger brother Ichizō (市蔵) raised his own son-in-law Katsubei (勝兵衛) to become the school’s successor and 6th gen. Kunishige, mostly a flamboyant gunome-ō-midare with ara-nie, plenty of nie in ji and ha, also muneyaki, his workmanship is typical for the shintō-Mizuta school, ryō-wazamono, jōjō-saku and from his Shinto Meikan:

from Markus book: MORITOSHI (盛寿), Tenpō (天保, 1830-1844), Dewa – “Ushū-jū Moritoshi” (羽州住盛寿), “Tōto ni oite Katō Moritoshi” (於東都加藤盛寿)