md02geist Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Gearing up some funds to make a blade purchase, so I'm going to offer up this sashimono for sale. I picked it up months ago from a fellow NMB member from Europe and it is in excellent condition; estimated to be a few hundred years old. It came from an old kura in Japan along with several other items and was judged by several very knowledgeable individuals to be genuine. It is in good shape despite the age and seems to have been fairly well preserved in the kura. I was unable to track down this particular mon (the eight sided shape in particular is what eluded me) but as I understand it ivy leaves (the leaf in the middle is certainly an ivy leaf) were well known to be associated with the Matsudaira clan or the Shogunate and their various retainer families. Further discussion on it can be found here: http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/19580-sashimono-acquisition/ I am asking $1000 via paypal OBO, and price includes shipping and insurance within the continental U.S. Not averse to a partial trade plus cash if you have something I may be interested in? Never hurts to ask. I have no issue shipping it out of country but it may incur a few extra costs for obvious reasons of shipping being more expensive. Please PM me if you have any questions or are interested. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livio 3rd Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Nice. I keep handy Hawley's and Chappelear's book 'MON - The Japanese Family Crest' handy for such occasions. I have had the Tsuta (ivy) mon on a lacquer choshi (sake pot) before. Hawley and Chappelear indicate it "is the representative mon of the Matsudaira clan", adopted after the Tokugawa reserved the Aoe mon for their exclusive use. The reference lists a number of other families (some perhaps Matsudaira branches) including Daimyate and a couple generals from late Muromachi using variants. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted September 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Nice. I keep handy Hawley's and Chappelear's book 'MON - The Japanese Family Crest' handy for such occasions. I have had the Tsuta (ivy) mon on a lacquer choshi (sake pot) before. Hawley and Chappelear indicate it "is the representative mon of the Matsudaira clan", adopted after the Tokugawa reserved the Aoe mon for their exclusive use. The reference lists a number of other families (some perhaps Matsudaira branches) including Daimyate and a couple generals from late Muromachi using variants. Lee Thank you Lee, that is exactly the sort of information I was trying to convey but you did much more succinctly for me. I'm honestly debating selling this one because of the likelihood of where it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted September 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2016 Oh with successful sale a donation will be made to NMB of course. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted October 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Let's drop this to 900 and feel free to make me an offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted October 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2016 Drop to 800. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted October 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted October 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 Still available, thank you! No reasonable offer will be turned down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Still here, please note the price drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md02geist Posted December 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2016 Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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