nakajima muneyoshi & kobayashi yasuhiro

[drjoe]

looking for pictures of blades by these two late gendai smiths:

 

1. nakajima muneyoshi (http://www.francisboyd.com/monogatari.htm)

 

2. kobayashi yasuhiro

 

anyone?

[cabowen]

Nakajima did mostly polishing and I don't believe he made many blades at all...

 

 

Kobayashi Yasuhiro was a part time smith who did most of his work before the bubble in Japan and made few blades as well.

[drjoe]

Nakajima did mostly polishing and I don't believe he made many blades at all...

 

 

Kobayashi Yasuhiro was a part time smith who did most of his work before the bubble in Japan and made few blades as well.

 

yes, i was asking because i know the number of blades out there is slim.

 

there is a seller that had two kozuka made of silver and a habaki by muneyoshi, and i have held a yasuhiro in my hands. but i'd like to see more if there's something out there.

[Ron STL]

Nakajima was a polisher sent over in the early 1960s to polish for the newly established JSS/US. The late Dr. Homma (NBTHK) was involved in his coming to the JSS/US because he was qualified to not only polish, but to make habaki and shirasaya. He was also qualified to judge items and even today on occasion, an old white stock certificate can be found with the JSS/US seal and name along with Nakajima's name. I wrote an article to commemorate the JSS/US 50th year. Here is something on when Nakajima came on board:

 

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1962 - A major goal of the Society was to bring a “trained and qualified” sword restorer to the United States to serve the membership. Dr. Homma was approached about this and after a search, recommended Mr. Muneyoshi Nakajima for this position. Mr. Nakajima was not only a fully trained and working Japanese polisher, he was also trained to make habaki, shirasaya and in wrapping tsuka. In 1962 Mr. Nakajima arrived in America and became the official polisher-restorer for the JSS/US.

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I'm not positive that he ever made any swords. Ron STL

[drjoe]

Nakajima was a polisher sent over in the early 1960s to polish for the newly established JSS/US. The late Dr. Homma (NBTHK) was involved in his coming to the JSS/US because he was qualified to not only polish, but to make habaki and shirasaya. He was also qualified to judge items and even today on occasion, an old white stock certificate can be found with the JSS/US seal and name along with Nakajima's name. I wrote an article to commemorate the JSS/US 50th year. Here is something on when Nakajima came on board:

 

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1962 - A major goal of the Society was to bring a “trained and qualified” sword restorer to the United States to serve the membership. Dr. Homma was approached about this and after a search, recommended Mr. Muneyoshi Nakajima for this position. Mr. Nakajima was not only a fully trained and working Japanese polisher, he was also trained to make habaki, shirasaya and in wrapping tsuka. In 1962 Mr. Nakajima arrived in America and became the official polisher-restorer for the JSS/US.

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I'm not positive that he ever made any swords. Ron STL

 

i assure you he did. see francis boyd's bio on him (page 2 especially):

 

http://www.francisboyd.com/monogatari.htm

http://www.francisboyd.com/monogatari_2.htm

http://www.francisboyd.com/monogatari_3.htm