bjmoose

A while back I obtained a copy of MEIHIN KATANAEZU SHUSEI By Tanobe Michihiro. A truly exceptional book. It came with a bare-bones 4 page English index, giving just basic info - swordsmith, mei, owner, status (kokuho, etc), page number. Well, I like to know more about the swordsmiths than just their names, so I set myself a project to expand the index a wee bit and to include stuff like the province, the era, the school, the father/teacher, and various ratings by Hawley, Toko Taikan, and Fujishiro. For a little more fun, I thought I would attempt to translate the dates, if included with the mei. I used various sources available on the internet: Nihonto Club, JSSUS swordsmith database, The Japanese Sword Index, and a really neat little program called "NengoConvert.exe". Anyhow, after quite some time (and a lot of typing!), I am finally finished. There may be a few errors, what with all those generations of swordsmiths in each family; but overall I think I got most of them correct. If anyone sees an error, please let me know. So, here's the expanded index for any of you who have a copy of this book. I hope you enjoy it... Meihin Katanaezu Shusei Index.pdf

Hello again - just wondering if there's anyone out there willing to take a "stab" at the kogatana inscription? Cheers

Thank you.

Jacques, Thanks for the link. I'll try to figure out the date. Any idea regarding the name of the owner at the time it was awarded? Man! I've got to try to find someone up here who can teach me Japanese! - ian

Hi folks. I'm somewhat new to this fascinating world of Nihonto. I really like this message board - it's packed with tons of info! I have acquired a Wakizashi with NBTHK origami. There's also an inscribed Kogatana that came with it. Would someone be kind enought to translate the Paper and the inscription for me? Many thanks in advance! - ian