stekemest Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 Hi all, Can anybody tell me more about this wakizashi? Nagasa: 40,8 cm Nakago: ubu, Yasurime: sujikai Mei: KATSUMITSU Hamon: hard to recognize, but maybe a suguha hotsure I guess it's a kanbun shinto, but you probably know better. Thanks in advance. Peter Quote
takakage Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 this katsumitsu seems be a koto bizen, very unusual mei in ni ji mei .may be you should sent the oshigata to a NBTHK. Quote
takakage Posted September 4, 2007 Report Posted September 4, 2007 due to the ni ji mei (very unusual for a bizen smith)a work of kaga katsumitsu, koto smith, he used to work with bizen style Quote
stekemest Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Posted September 4, 2007 Hi takakage! Thank you very much. I guess sue-koto, ~1550-1600? Best regards, Peter Quote
Jean Posted September 9, 2007 Report Posted September 9, 2007 Niji mei is not unusual with 16TH Bizen swordsmiths even if not mentionned in Fujishiro's book. I have seen quite a lot of Bizen papered blades (starting Eisho) with niji mei, here is an example : http://www.nihontoya.com/items/519322/en1nihontoya.html Quote
takakage Posted September 10, 2007 Report Posted September 10, 2007 may be Jean, i have seen ni ji mei on bizen yari Quote
Jean Posted September 10, 2007 Report Posted September 10, 2007 Patrick, another niji mei Tadamitsu (not the same one - Eisho) Quote
takakage Posted September 18, 2007 Report Posted September 18, 2007 you're rigth Jean http://www.Japanese-sword-katana.jp/sal ... yousai.htm Quote
Jean Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 Hi Patrick, I think that in Sue Bizen (16th Century), blade quality speaking, nijimei is an intermediate between Bishu Osafune ...(kazu uchi mono) and Bizen no Kuni Ju Osafune ..(zoku mei). Above average mass production, easily papered, even TH level Quote
kitsune Posted September 19, 2007 Report Posted September 19, 2007 I don't think that it 's Kaga Katsumitsu. I saw also sue Osafune sword with niji mei, but often false. But true niji mei existed, sometimes. Quote
NihontoEurope Posted August 20, 2011 Report Posted August 20, 2011 Hi, Here is something to compare with. Not the same smith, but Niji-mei and same name nevertheless. /Martin Quote
cabowen Posted August 20, 2011 Report Posted August 20, 2011 My money is on Bizen kazu-uchi mono..... Quote
Jean Posted August 20, 2011 Report Posted August 20, 2011 Chris, I won't bet because information supplied is neither complete nor conclusive :D Quote
cabowen Posted August 20, 2011 Report Posted August 20, 2011 Chris, I won't bet because information supplied is neither complete nor conclusive :D Well that is the nature of a bet! There are no sure things! Quote
runagmc Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 How often were kazu-uchi mono (mass produced blades) signed? Or I guess the question should be: what do existing works show us about kazu-uchi mono being signed VS unsigned? Adam Quote
cabowen Posted August 22, 2011 Report Posted August 22, 2011 Many signed examples survive. We can not know the original numbers of signed and unsigned.... Quote
NihontoEurope Posted August 26, 2011 Report Posted August 26, 2011 ...and if the betting is still on, my money is on Katsumitsu Kashu. /Martin Quote
stekemest Posted September 16, 2011 Author Report Posted September 16, 2011 Thank you for the new answers. Is koto correct nevertheless? Quote
runagmc Posted September 16, 2011 Report Posted September 16, 2011 Looks sue-bizen (late koto bizen) Quote
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