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  1. Hello Stefan, i'm surprised you remember this blade I think you last saw it 20 years ago. Yes - quality remains in the brain and the new owner will be happy about this piece..... Best regards Michael
  2. Hallo Tom, thank you for your expert opinion. Yes this blade is realy a stunner. Massive but elegand sugata. 7 mm Kasane. The polish is high level. And the workmanship........ The new owner will be satified! Best Michael
  3. Gildet Habaki, very good Shirasaya with ivory insert and horn mekugi.
  4. After 30 years of enjoing it i sell one of my gems.. A magnificent Wakizashi in a high level polish, Shirasaya, Sayagaki and NTHK Kanteisho. Doi-Shinryo is from Hizen Kuni Hirado domain, became a pupil of Inoue-Shinkai. Doi-Shinryo was trained by Inoue Shinkai for 2 years and after the master’s death he go back to Hirado and flourished as employed sword smith in Matsuura family. The workmanship in this Wakizashi is close to his Master. The Hamon is bright Gunome-midare with deep Nioikuchi that spills up to the Shinogi. The best Shinto Soshuden. Price 4900 € incl. shipping worldwide. SAYAGAKI ⼟肥真了 但し⽣無銘也時代元禄頃 師真改を彷彿さす傑作也 ⻑さ壱尺六⼨壱分半有之 平成⼋年霜⽉吉⽇誌之 吉川皎園「花押」 Doi Shinryō Tadashi ubu mumei nari jidai Genroku goro Shi Shinkai o hōfutsu-sasu kessaku nari Nagasa 1 shaku 6 sun 1 bu han kore ari Heisei hachinen shimotsuki kichijitsu kore o shirusu Yoshikawa Kōen + kaō Doi Shinryō [blade us] ubu and mumei and dated Genroku (1688-1704). Masterpiece who show great similarity with Shinryōs master Shinkai. Bladelänge ~ 48.9 cm Written at a lucky day in November 1996 Yoshikawa Kōen + kaō Kantei-sho (鑑定書) Den Doi Shinryō (伝⼟肥真了) shōshin (正真) nagasa 1 shaku 6 sun 1 bu han kore ari (⻑さ壱尺六⼨壱分半有之) ‒ Bladelength ~ 48.9 cm Heisei 8 nen 11 gatsu 3 nichi (平成⼋年⼗⼀⽉三⽇) ‒ 3. November 1996 Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai (⽇本⼑剣保存会) ‒ NTHK
  5. @raaay you are right. I own such a piece many years ago. Bought it in Spain.
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    Higo Tagane

    Look at these phantastic Higo Tsuba https://artsandcultu...story/QAXxDIAlN6VZLg Here you see special Tagane together with wormanship
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    Higo Tagane

    Hello John, you wrote: The NBTHK does not seem to be averse to attributing mumei tsuba to a particular tsubako, but the best that they do with these characteristic marks is ‘Late Higo’ I own Kamiyoshi Mumei Tsuba. The NBTHK judge the one to Rakuju the other to Fukanobu. We have to look at the workmanship together with the Tagane. All your shown Tsuba missing a good workmanship and a nice Tagane punch that you will find on Tsuba from the two Kamiyoshi master. This will be the main reason for a Hozon with Kodai or only Higo attribution.
  8. Hi Vitaly, try to get the book: BUSHU ITO HA by Akimoto. (1999) Tsuba by artists of the Bushu school. Here you will find a lot of Tsuba and detailed signatures of all Bushu/Ito master. https://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/book/fittings-books/b107-tanko-bushu-ito-ha-by-akimoto/ Regards Michael
  9. Thank you Brian. esp. in hand its more beatyfull. A few minutes ago i look at it under sunlight - outstanding. It is hard for me to sell it, but the iron call me....
  10. A very fine Machibori Tsuba made by the 5. master of the Otsuki school – Mitsuhiro. MITSUHIRO 1795 – 1841 Wakizashi Tsuba, Mei (Mitsuhiro and Kao) 5. Master Otsuki School Family: Otsuki Name: Gihachi Gozaemon Artname: Kishotei, Dairyujo and other Livingplace: Kyoto Mitsuhiro was the son of Mitsuoki (4. Generation). His father (Mitsuoki) was one of the top three Tsuba artists from Kyoto at this time – beside Ichi-no-Miya Nagatsune and Tetsugendo Shoraku. Mitsuhiro too runs the familyshop under the name „Yamashiro Ya“. In the age of 45 he became a priest and used the artname „Soju“.. Mitsuhiro was specialized in the use of patinated brass an copper like his ancestors. Mitsuhiro is rated in the Kinko Meikan as Jōkō. Haynes H 05188.0 We can find works by Mitsuhiro: Japanese sword fittings from the alexander G. Moslé collection, P. 98 Nr. 140 100 selected Tsuba from european public collections, catalogue by Haynes and Burawoy, P. 32 Nr. 56 Baur Collection Aori Gate form 6,6 x 5,7 cm, 3,8mm The plate is covered in Chidori-Ishime and has a rised, polished rim. The wind Orchid or Magnolia flowers (i´m not sure what it is) are very fine carved and made of Shakudo, copper, silver and gold. The Tsuba comes with a custom made box and pillow. Price: 870€ including shipping worldwide. The Otsuki School The Ōtsuki (大月) school begins with Ōtsuki Korin (Mitsushige) who is a craftsman of Owari province in the early 1700s. He traced his lineage back 18 generations to Ichikawa Hirosuke who is (in legend at least) the founder of all kinko artists. Korin worked in Kyoto maintaining a shop called Senya and did metalwork of all types, including sword fittings, and followed the Goto style. Following him are Mitsutsune and Mitsuyoshi, but the 4th generation Mitsuoki would be one of the all time greats of kinko artists. In practice he is considered the founder of the school. Other great students in this school were Tokuoki, Hideoki, Minayama Oki, Tenkodo Hidekuni, Matsuo Gassan, and his son Mitsuhiro. One of them was Ikeda Takatoshi who would go on to teach the great master Kano Natsuo.
  11. 2.850.000 Y https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/d1047276661?conversionType=service_page_search
  12. @Bruce Pennington i was a bit late with my answer to your post.. Michael
  13. Yes. This Wakizashi was polished in Japan and the Saya and Habaki made at the same time. I think about to sell it in the near future..... Michael
  14. Which Akiyoshi is mine? Maybe - Haynes 00089.0 Kyoto, 1830 - 1895. Different Mei to the other before.
  15. the first is a 30 years old Paul Chen Hanwei forge Tanto. I sold the same for 300 $ a few years ago.
  16. Maybe he talk about his service only from Germany to Japan?
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