Kantei quizz N°6

[Jean]

As expected, the Result of Kantei Quizz N°5 was Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro.

 

Here is the next one :

 

http://www.aoi-art.com/kantei/kantei06.html

 

It is a Shinshinto mastersmith, I don't know much about this period, even less than on other period :lol: :lol:. As I am at work (( Carlo), I cannot check and make some research. I would have gone for Chounsai Tsunatoshi but for the yasurime, so I shall go for - No Ted, it is not a trap :

 

 

Ishido Unju Korekazu

 

[saemonjonosuke]

I think...

Koyama Munetsugu

[takakage]

yes, koyama school or a pupil, due to nakago jiri and kiri yasuri mei (often kesho on his swords) seems munetsugu

it is strange that this fine sword is mumei..............

[sabiji]

My first idea was also Tsunatoshi !

But there is no Yakidashi, and the Yasurime and this Nakagojiri - yes i´m very sure this is Koyama Munetsugu.

[Jean]

The gunome, yasurime, nakago jiri can fit the Munetsugu, but what of the muji hada?

[Jean]

It could well be Koyama Munetsugu, I have seen an old kantei on Miunetsugu where Aoi Art stated that :

Munetsugu's jitetsu are divided into Muji-fu and patterned.

[Stephen]

Just a outstanding blade, love the tight hada,,,one thing is it just my old eyes seeing things or has a mei been removed????? long on one side short on the other???

[Jean]

As usual, Stephen Hawk Eye, you are right : bowdown: Either erased or masked.

[k morita]

Hi

For the reference, i'm owning an original Oshigata of his another sword .

This sword was made in 1870(Meiji 3rd year), file work is Kiri as well.

Koyama Munetsugu was 68 years old at that year(1870).

[Guest reinhard]

Some of you might be slightly irritated by now: Koyama MUNETSUGU changed yasurime from kessho/sujigai to kiri during Manen first year (1860). But you better not focus on nakago, for in real Kantei you can't see it anyway.

 

reinhard

[Jean]

Here is the answer :

 

http://www.aoi-art.com/sword/sale/08305.html

[Stephen]

good to see all the Atari hits...amazed at the photo touch up they're doing now....no more cloudy boxes, looks like it had file markes done to it.

[Brian]

Yeah, I saw that :D

Masked the mei very well indeed. Photoshop rocks

So now we better start a new thread for Kantei 7..

 

Brian

[Jean]

Who can explain clearly what Tsuruta san means by :

 

Koyama Munetsugu’s Hamon appear similar to Cho-unsai Tsunatoshi’s Hamon.

But upper part of Cho-unsai Tsunatoshi’s hamon is divided.

[Jean]

http://www.to-ken.com/

 

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