Anyone Knows This Gentleman?

[Marius]

http://Japanese-antiques.com

 

The site seems pretty outdated...

[vajo]

When i search for tsuba pictures in Google i often come to his site. But i think he is not longer active.

[Stephen]

It was discussed on Facebook that he passed

[Brian]

Forget his name, but he is/was more than controversial, had a zillion website names registered, and I don't think it active anymore. Was a Westerner dealing in Japan. Think Guido will know more.

Ah yes. James Miller.

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/5257-wwwjapanese-samuraicom/

[Fuuten]

Here's another about armor: http://tokyo-samurai-armor.com/

[nagamaki - Franco]

Time ago was told to stay clear.

[Pete Klein]

Passed several years ago.  I've never heard anything good about him here in the states and apparently the feeling was the same in Japan. 

[Jean]

RIP

[DaveT]

A very well known Bad Egg, I know a few people that he ripped off first hand.

Good riddance.  

[Henry Wilson]

From the links above, he used to run....

 

 

As a newbie then, it was a bit like an Aladdin's cave at the end of the Omotesando in Harajuku.  It is now long gone.  I went in once and thought I found the bargain of a lifetime, a polished wakizashi in new shirasaya for 50万円... which I read as 50,000 yen.  I came back with five crisp notes and a smile on my face... How wrong I was.  I tried to buy his Fujishiro's instead.  Which also failed.  His staff did point me to an excellent sword bookstore on Yasukuni dori though.  

 

Ah the good old days.

[tony edmunds]

Hi

I never met he guy but I visited his Tokyo shop about six years ago, he did have some fantastic tosugu and swords

[seattle1]

Hello:

 The name is Jim Miller.

 Arnold F.