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Kunimune,The national treasure.

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k morita Kuge

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Hi,

 

Attached a photograph of a Tachi-swod is a picture postcard that the Terukuni shrine(in Kagoshima prefecture)

issued in around 1933.

The Mei is Kunimune(Bizen) that was National treasure(under old law).

Unfortunately, this sword had missed after the end of the war of WW2.

 

And the story that Dr. Walter A. Compton discovered this Tachi-sword in the United States is very famous.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/25/news/ ... gewanted=1

 

Famous sword collecter of Dr. Walter A. Compton 1963 and presented the blade as a gift to the Tokyo National Museum.

And, this Tachi-sword was specified for the national treasure again under a new law.

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k morita Kuge

k morita

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Thank you very much for sharing the photograph. :D

I am living in the city where Mr.Homma was born.

 

I think that missing important-art-treasure-swords(Juyo bijutsu hin) still exist quietly somewhere in the U.S.

Jacques Emperor

Jacques

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Hi,

 

I think that missing important-art-treasure-swords(Juyo bijutsu hin) still exist quietly somewhere in the U.S.

 

Morita san, Juyo bijutsu hin can be purchased and leave Japan, just they lose this status, Finding some of them out of Japan would not be odd .

Not the same with Juyo Bunkazai and Kokuho

Curran Emperor

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I think it is common knowledge and published that Ron Hartmann found the Juyo Bijyutsu-hin Awataguchi Hisakuni tachi (signed Hisakuni). I believe the story it that he found in in a box of swords he purchased that someone had brought over.

 

In my experience Ron has been a really great guy, and he has shared this sword with the community. It may be a trick of memory, but I think I studied the sword at the San Fran show one year. I don't have any images of the blade. Just of the long nakago.

k morita Kuge

k morita

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The fourth person in the photo looks like Murakami Kosuke, kantei student of Honami Koson, and editor of Touen magazine. He also issued kantei-sho Fig 290, page 173 : Fact and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords. He is also mentioned on pages 9 and 10. Cheaper on Amazon though.

Hi,

Today,I ordered to Amazon the book that you translated.

When the book arrives, I up-load the photo. :D

 

 

Morita san, Juyo bijutsu hin can be purchased and leave Japan, just they lose this status, Finding some of them out of Japan would not be odd . Not the same with Juyo Bunkazai and Kokuho

Hi,

Of course,i know difference among the national treasure, the important cultural treasures, and importan　art treasures.

I am referring the swords taken away outside the country from Japan just after the WW2 ends. :)

 

 

I think it is common knowledge and published that Ron Hartmann found the Juyo Bijyutsu-hin Awataguchi Hisakuni tachi (signed Hisakuni). I believe the story it that he found in in a box of swords he purchased that someone had brought over.

In my experience Ron has been a really great guy, and he has shared this sword with the community. It may be a trick of memory, but I think I studied the sword at the San Fran show one year. I don't have any images of the blade. Just of the long nakago.

Hi,

"Treasure hunters" in this forum member might surely discover treasure-swords at the garage sale in around the small country town in the U.S. ;)

Stephen Emperor

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Hi,

"Treasure hunters" in this forum member might surely discover treasure-swords at the garage sale in around the small country town in the U.S.

 

lol dont think i havent tried for many years, ill keep looking until i die. :freak:

outlier48 Chōnin

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The fourth person in the photo looks like Murakami Kosuke, kantei student of Honami Koson, and editor of Touen magazine. He also issued kantei-sho Fig 290, page 173 : Fact and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords. He is also mentioned on pages 9 and 10.

 

http://www.kodansha-intl.com/books/html ... 31303.html

 

Cheaper on Amazon though.

 

I just look on Amazon.com and saw that this book has not been released to them yet - the expected date is in September. :doubt: Is it available in english in Japan?

 

Charlie Brashear

k morita Kuge

k morita

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lol dont think i havent tried for many years, ill keep looking until i die. :freak:

Stephen san,

After that, Mr.Compton got the medal from the emperor. :roll:

 

 

The fourth person in the photo looks like Murakami Kosuke, kantei student of Honami Koson, and editor of Touen magazine. He also issued kantei-sho Fig 290, page 173 : Fact and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords. He is also mentioned on pages 9 and 10.

Cheaper on Amazon though.

Hi,

The book [Fact and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords] that Mr.Martin had translated arrived today.

I think that this book is a very good textbook to the Japanese sword hobby for the beginner.

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DirkO Daimyō

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Hi,

The book [Fact and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords] that Mr.Martin had translated arrived today.

I think that this book is a very good textbook to the Japanese sword hobby for the beginner.

 

:( Amazon says my copy will ship 1 September ... Now that's a long wait !

sencho Daimyō

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I am living in the city where Mr.Homma was born.

 

Hi Morita san,

 

Do you still live near Velasis C.M.? I enjoy it there! :D

 

Is there any published list with descriptions of important lost swords?

 

Regards

k morita Kuge

k morita

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Hello, sencho san,

 

What is "Velasis C.M" ???,and may be another guy. :roll:

 

Yes, i have published list of lost National treasure swords and important art swords.

It is recorded in an old publication of the Ministry of Education.

Paul Martin Hyakushō

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Morita san,

 

Thank you for buying and your nice comments about the book. I am surprised it is available already. I too thought that it wasn't out until September.

 

Personally, although it has thorough basic information (usually glossed over in other books), on reading it, I think the readers will find it is also aimed at the intermediate, and seasoned collector. It offers some points of view that differ from the ones offered for the last 60 years, confirms the suspicions of some collectors who question some of popular points of view, and so on and so forth. There are some rather extreme opinions, but these are still worth consideration, and are balanced with commentary on the popular theories. It has been updated from the Japanese version with this added commentary, and other additional sections like the Hon'ami kao, and reading eto, etc, that I thought would be beneficial to western collectors.

 

Best

Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini Kuge

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I am surprised it is available already. I too thought that it wasn't out until September.

 

Damn Paul, this surprised me too. Is there any chance that in your trip to Japan you can have a signature by the author to be added to yours on a copy ? I would pay an extra for such a signed copy.

 

I tried to send you this in a private way thru your website "contact" service but I get an error message.

 

I'm currently in Venice and have not your e-mail on this laptop.

 

Meet you soon.

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