Gunto with long Chounsai Emura mei

[Moley]

[Marcin]

20 minutes ago, Moley said:

Thank you! Look at mei. Have You ever wonder why „mura” character isn’t chiseled exactly on nakago ridge? Look on Slough’s book example.
You provided example „inbetween” tachi  niji mei with rounded nakago jiri.

for comparison: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/53564-gunto-with-long-chounsai-emura-mei/page/2/#findComment-564106

 

who polished yours? 

Edited April 6 by Rawa

[MidareObserver]

2 hours ago, Rawa said:

@MidareObserver Faustus check please if you have any marks near nakago jiri, You have bohi and so it happens that bohi and emura equals numbers so you should have number 6.

It would prove that horimono and mei was made by same separate specialiazed group.

 Compare habaki

@Rawa

Also, I’m not so sure about the AOI statement... Maybe with enough samples the Emura "system" can be better understood and we might get a clearer idea of how the different signatures were used (if there is any pattern at all).

 

For the sword I purchased, it will stay in Japan for a wile since I requested a shirasaya and Hozon certification via AOI. As soon as I have it in hands I will check and give an update.

 

The habaki look somehow similar to me - so might be a standard piece.

I’ll also get in touch with AOI to ask whether the koshirae was added by them or already came with the sword.

[Marcin]

26 minutes ago, MidareObserver said:

@Rawa

Also, I’m not so sure about the AOI statement... Maybe with enough samples the Emura "system" can be better understood and we might get a clearer idea of how the different signatures were used (if there is any pattern at all).

 

For the sword I purchased, it will stay in Japan for a wile since I requested a shirasaya and Hozon certification via AOI. As soon as I have it in hands I will check and give an update.

 

The habaki look somehow similar to me - so might be a standard piece.

I’ll also get in touch with AOI to ask whether the koshirae was added by them or already came with the sword.

Your koshirae is great in this price, tsuka is fully wrapped in samegawa and I don’t see any old plugged mekugi ana.

Maybe saya should be wider?

But yeah I’m asking for probable number becouse it could be same serie so I would know how jihada of mine probably looks :]

Edited April 6 by Rawa

[MidareObserver]

31 minutes ago, Rawa said:

Your koshirae is great in this price, tsuka is fully wrapped in samegawa and I don’t see any old plugged mekugi ana.

Maybe saya should be wider?

But yeah I’m asking for probable number becouse it could be same serie so I would know how jihada of mine probably looks :]

Thanks, I appreciate that :-)

 

I’m really looking forward to receiving this piece, as it’s also the first katana with koshirae that I’ve purchased.

 

I’ll check for any marks once I have it in hand, and if both swords are from a similar series, it would be interesting to compare the jihada.

[Marcin]

I did some mei comparison. I shortened mei to similar "Chounsai Emura Saku" articulation.

While Slough calls mei with specific "mura" kanji   as shoshin I would like to point differences in writing "sai".

Nbthk Hozon [Nr 6 at picture] "sai" is carved with extra stroke in the middle, "mura" is 

Slough's example [Nr 7] have both "special-mura" and "full-sai" kanji.

 

I'm waiting for Faustus getting his hozon [Nr4] . It will be another connection due to his version of "sai" and "mura" with bohi and maybe marks at nakago jiri similar to mine [Nr 5].

His "mura" version have differences too.

I'm almost 100% sure that mei of mine piece [Nr 5] and Hozon [Nr 6] was chiseled by same hand, so authenticity guaranteed.

 

I'm not feeling strong enough to speak about shorter mei or those having "sai" made with horizontal strikes made in different directions [examples J, K, L in main article from sword index.

 

Thank You guys, stay big and dump here more to think about :].

 

Edited April 18 by Rawa

[Marcin]

Two more. Emura saku.

Type "E" from sword index page -  it's not an accident that "E" is shaped that way. Third consistent example.

Edited April 19 by Rawa

[Marcin]

Another one still hot ;] This blade probably have some nasty ware. Suguha.

 

 

Edited April 19 by Rawa

[Bruce Pennington]

 

[Marcin]

I'm bringing some interesting pictures.

december 1941? yet kanji 斉 [sai] only 2 strikes so it's obvious difference with Slough's shoshin proposition.

[Marcin]

2 new NBTHK - simple emura saku claimed to be shoshin by Slough and another full chounsai emura saku really close to one I posted before. [reposting it again]

[Bruce Pennington]

Marcin,

Found this one HERE.

[Marcin]

17 hours ago, Bruce Pennington said:

Marcin,

Found this one HERE.

I even wrote to seller week ago for better pics, yet I found that at inv. more were posted already then at liveauc.
Generic-classic-even boring as this is example having nakago with all attributes of usual Emura. 
This example have good koshirae with open tsuba.
920£ is really good price as long as blade doesn’t have any fatal flaws which is possible looking at state of other blades offered.
Notare hamon with some minor chips.

Wood grain hada (itame) is visible yet shinogi-ji have many grey spots (diy rust removing?) 

This auction overall had good pieces - especially T3 star stamped Sukehiro with unusual tsukamaki.

 

Edited August 4 by Marcin

[Marcin]

Adding 3 extra pics I got from them.

Clean or cleaned yet really good reference.

 

[charlesf]

On 8/4/2026 at 2:44 AM, Bruce Pennington said:

Marcin,

Found this one HERE.

Greetings from the UK,I registered to bid in this auction as I was interested in the Emura which at first sight looked OK but the more I looked the more convinced I became that it had a recent 'commercial' polish,I may be wrong but it just didn't fit my eye,so I kept my powder dry and bought the Nidai Minamoto Yoshichika a few lots further on,it's chipped and stained but looks a sleepy lot and an honest sword at half the price of the Emura!

regards,

charles.