paul alex

Thanks for the help piers. I had the number 5 on my notes but I had it as the fifth month.im not sure it is a woodblock it looks a bit to crisp and sharp but it is listed as one .Elly Kawaguchi has some you tube videos I've had a quick look at her art it could be her.i though it was a modern piece by a younger artist and she fits that profile perfectly.im going to watch the rest of her stuff on YouTube and see if she's done many kio carp pictures.thanks again piers .I will keep you posted

Hi piers it's a Japanese wood block of koi carp it's very expensive I'm trying to find out what price the artist's work normally fetches

Hi I am trying to find out who this artist is any help would be appreciated.thsnks

A few more pictures

Thanks for all that information I was familiar with the name change story but I didn't have all the dates.it seems the deeper I go the better it gets and I can't help feeling the more unlikely.

Sure I will post some this evening

Thanks Ian

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Hi I won this at a auction a few weeks ago the auction house could not remove the handle and suspected it was glued on (it wasn't) and it came off fairly easy.i spent a couple of evenings working out the signature saka Kura echigo no kami terukane and bugyotsuji kindly translated the date as 1684 apparently the date fits when this signature would have been used I know some of you here have done this one before I've read all the posts.i would love to know what you guys think.i apologise for the poor photos I must have taken over 90 photo's the last 3days and there all bad.heres some measurements. Nagasa 46.3 cm. Sori 1.2cm. Moto hada 3.5cm. Saki hada 2.7cm. Moto kasane 6.5mm. Saki kasane 5.5mm. Kissaki 7.2cm. Nakago 16.6cm

Thanks John

Hi I think the first one is sakakura echigo no kami terukane the second one I need some help with.thanks

Utagawa sadakage Omi no hagi The six crystal rivers Street walker at tama river.

Picked this up yesterday I do have some information on it but I will add what I know later.so you can have a guess first.there are metallic paints in some areas which I've tried to show.thanks paul

Sorry Jon I have no information on it whatsoever.ive never spent so long researching something and got so little information.i quite like the temple offering idea there is a video on YouTube where a smith makes a blade for a Shinto temple and it's the same shape as the roof but I struggle with the idea of waki sized blades as temple offerings in the video it was a big blade tachi size.thanks paul.sorry for my confusion I didn't realise the first picture is also my sword and your picture's are correct