Popular Post Ian B3HR2UH Posted February 17 Popular Post Report Posted February 17 I was struggling with the Japanese description of a mounting . Mr Moriyama , who is a huge asset to the Board , assisted by giving me the translation ,being Yosegane ,together with a link to the Mokumekin Museum . The museum describes Yosegane as"like marquetry Yosegane combines metals of different colors to create patterns ". Members might be interested to see an example of what I now know to be Yosegane. This sword , regretably not mine , is one of the finest that I have ever handled. I hope you enjoy looking at it . Ian Brooks 7 7 3 Quote
Spartancrest Posted February 17 Report Posted February 17 We definitely need a drooling emoji 🤤 1 Quote
Brian Posted February 17 Report Posted February 17 WOW. That is incredible. Simply superb. That whole koshirae is just top top top level. What a privilege it must be to handle it. Is it just koshirae or is there a blade? And if there is, what maker warrants that mounting? 1 Quote
Lewis B Posted February 17 Report Posted February 17 Top level work. Are the fittings signed? I can only imagine a grandmaster blade was worthy of such a koshirae. The quirky menuki design is just raises the whole a little bit higher from a viewers perspective. Quote
Ian B3HR2UH Posted February 18 Author Report Posted February 18 I am glad you liked it Brian . The blade is hirazukuri with an orikaeshimei Bishu Osafune Morimitsu , circa 1360 , I believe . It is tokubetsu hozon from memory . None of the fittings are signed Lewis Ian 2 4 Quote
Nobody Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 The image is not clear, but the smith name might be 守政 - Morimasa. Edited, Mirimasa --> Morimasa 1 Quote
Ian B3HR2UH Posted February 18 Author Report Posted February 18 Thanks , yes my mistake I had it as Morimasa and wrote Morimitsu by mistake . Thanks again for your help with the translation. Ian 2 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 A lovely package! (I am sure Nobody meant to type 'Morimasa' above.) Quote
Nobody Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 9 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said: A lovely package! (I am sure Nobody meant to type 'Morimasa' above.) Thank you. That was my typo. 1 Quote
Curran Posted February 18 Report Posted February 18 The fittings would either get attributed to "Kozenji' (late Edo high level Owari Kinko) or Umetada. They only distinction I have ever noticed in the NBTHK attributions to Kozenji vs Umetada work is that the Kozenji work often has a trace of silver or shibuichi. If I were to second guess the NBTHK, I think they'd go Umetada on these fittings. Beautiful sword, and some very exceptional lacquerwork too. Imagine the challenge of doing the keyfret in shakudo on the fuchi, kashira, kogai, kurikata, and kojiri, Heavens, that is a lot of work. 3 Quote
Exclus1ve Posted February 21 Report Posted February 21 (edited) A amazing work by Kusakari Kiyosada, a metal artist from Sendai renowned for finishing shakudo surfaces in a uniform stone-texture ground (ishime-ji), outlining the design with gold wire, and executing delicate linear decoration in flat gold inlay (hira-zogan). Kiyosada trained with the Omori family in Edo and went on to create a new aesthetic distinct from earlier Sendai inlay traditions, characterized by a beautifully composed, planar pictorial space. After returning to his home province, he served the Date family and trained many disciples. The last example is probably daisho Edited February 21 by Exclus1ve 3 5 Quote
Jake6500 Posted February 22 Report Posted February 22 (edited) Very interesting thread! This is the first time I've seen this technique so I'm happy to have learned something new! Did you encounter this blade in Japan Ian? Edited February 22 by Jake6500 Quote
Ian B3HR2UH Posted February 22 Author Report Posted February 22 Hi Jake , it is right here in Victoria 2 1 Quote
Exclus1ve Posted Thursday at 06:30 PM Report Posted Thursday at 06:30 PM (edited) Let's add this for completeness https://world-seiyudo.com/product/ko-050819/ Edited Thursday at 06:33 PM by Exclus1ve 3 2 1 Quote
Lewis B Posted Thursday at 07:29 PM Report Posted Thursday at 07:29 PM Would this be considered Yosegane work? These were part of the Samurai Museum in Berlin event last year. The tanto tsuba was especially nice and sold by Paul Kremers. These should be Umetada which was the subject of the tosogu session. 3 Quote
Curran Posted Thursday at 08:27 PM Report Posted Thursday at 08:27 PM 1 hour ago, Exclus1ve said: Let's add this for completeness https://world-seiyudo.com/product/ko-050819/ Cool! They went TH to Owari Kinko on that one. As I said before- usually they go Owari Kinko [aka. Kozenji] or Umetada. Sometimes I think it is just a coin toss between the two choices. 1 Quote
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