Whats This Say?

[PhoenixDude]

Is this a rejection pink slip?

[Curran]

Mumei menuki.

If I read it right, they passed Hozon to Kaga Goto.

Congrats.

 

Mind sharing a photo?

I like Kaga stuff. To pass to Kaga Goto, they must be decent.

[PhoenixDude]

 

I also have a Kaga Goto Tsuba:

 

[Curran]

Menuki:  I think I would have said Kaga Goto on those too.

Kantei point I learned from the books but not sure how reliable would be the top of the paulownia flowers, how they are rendered.

Nice menuki. Congrats again.

 

Were it not for the signature, I wouldn't have guessed the tsuba was Kaga Goto.

You don't see many of them. Did you run that one through shinsa too?

[PhoenixDude]

Yes they are both NBTHK papered.

[PhoenixDude]

derp disregard, was looking at the wrong paper lol

[PhoenixDude]

Holy moley these menuki look almost identical to a set apapered to Goto Joshin

 

http://iidakoendo.com/2621/

[Curran]

As you learn more about Goto school(s), you will understand why.

You picked up a good set of menuki. Yours are a few generations after those Juyo ones, but Kaga Goto is usually rich lush stuff.

 

Goto is an intricate topic, where I have learned enough to know I could spend a lot more time before I actually know much at all.