Samurai95407 Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 Ever so often I ll go on a hunt for a Masamune sword, it is breathtakingly beautiful imo, but curious to know your thoughts on the authenticity of it . Am guessing it’s more likely a work of one of his students than anything else …. Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 Looks more likely to have been made by his plumber. 3 Quote
Ray Singer Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 This appears to be a fake Hon'ami kinpun-mei purporting to be by Hon'ami Kotoku, using his kao. Best regards, Ray 1 Quote
Ray Singer Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 There absolutely are examples of the Masamune school, his teacher and immediate students, which continue to emerge from the woodwork. However I wouid not expect to find a legitimate example of a Masamune, being presented as a Masamune, from the online auctions. The majority of the swords on Yahoo Japan, Ebay, etc being offered for sale out of Japan with sayagaki kinzogan-mei and kinpun-mei attributing to Masamune and his important disciples are fakes (misrepresented items). 2 Quote
reinhard Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 Just for information: Kin-pun mei (gold-lacquer attributions) were made no earlier than Meiji-period and are not very reliable, to say the least. Old Hon'ami attributions were always done in kin-zogan (gold-inlay). Unfortunately for fakers this is much more difficult to counterfeit than kin-pun. reinhard 2 Quote
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