Hat In Hand Again

[Grey Doffin]

Hi guys,

This book title may be Yanagimura Senju: Heisei no Tomi Horimono, but then again I'm probably wrong.  Would someone please give me the proper Romanji?  And what does it mean?

Thanks,  Grey

[John A Stuart]

Yes, 柳村 仙寿 Yanagimura Senju 平成 の 刀身彫刻 Heisei no Toushin Chyokoku, Sword Engravings of the Heisei era. John

[Grey Doffin]

Thank you John.

Grey

[Bugyotsuji]

Yanagimura Senju 柳村仙寿 was a sword artisan, known mostly (but not exclusively) for his 彫物 horimono blade carvings, and ran a workshop with disciples for many years in Okayama. The book illustrated above shows a lifetime of his work. Sadly I allowed someone to have the sole copy that I had. 

 

Many of his former students became independent successful artisans in their own right and can be found here and there throughout the area. He died in 2018, leaving a son, 宗寿 Soju, who has taken over his work.