Japanese Antique Katana "Hosokawa Masayoshi" NBTHK Shirasaya From Japan

[Swords]

Dose anyone know about this seller?

He has a sword store in Japan With many swords To me it looks legit 

Here one of his most expensive ones
 

 

 

Steve

[Nobody]

Johshuya(常州屋) is a part of an import-export company MOTOYA in Ibaraki.

Ref. MOTOYA & CO .

 I suspect that Johshuya is not a professional sword shop but an export agent.

A reliable dealer never reads 上野大掾 (Kozuke Daijo) as Ueno Daijo.

 

The sword shop in the pictures you posted is Bizenya (備前屋) in Okayama.

Ref. 備前屋 | 備前屋は岡山の刀剣専門店です。日本刀の通販、販売、買取を取り扱っております。

[Lexvdjagt]

Hello Steve,

Like Moriyama-san implies, this dealer is reselling another shops inventory. This is a typical Yahoo Auctions reseller. You can also easily spot a Yahoo reseller when they have vastly different photographing styles in their listings.

 

Greetings,

Lex van der Jagt 

[Swords]

Interesting  I do appreciate the feedback back It’s probably not a good place to buy a sword 

[Swords]

Let me change my comment Because he’s not a reliable doesn’t mean his swords are no good ?

 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Steve,

these are probably not HIS swords, so it was a comment on the seller, not on the blades.

But you can be sure the blades are considerably more expensive at this seller than in the original shop.

[Swords]

You are right His prices are high I questioned the price of a old unsigned Kai Gunto and wanted 2690

probably around 2000 would be a reasonable price 

[Jussi Ekholm]

The original shop is asking 3,600,000 yen for the Hosokawa Masayoshi

At shop: https://bizenya-katana.com/?thoken=作陽幕下士細川正義造（刻印）-2

At Yahoo: https://buyee.jp/item/jdirectitems/auction/w1123570814

 

Just to be noted that some Japanese dealers do not deal internationally.

[Swords]

He had a older navy short sword I was interested in and wanted 3400 you got to be kidding