Clive Sinclaire Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 Gentlemen We have just put a new sword by Chounsai Tsunatoshi onto our Sword Register 115. This may be found at http://www.To-ken.com under Sword Register. It is a sword which I am very pleased with and it has just returned from shinsa and polishing in Japan. You will forgive my crude caligraphy on the oshigata, which I think is probably at the level of a 4 year old Japanese child! As always, I would be most appreciative of any comments you may wish to make. Regards Clive Sinclaire Quote
cabowen Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 Nice blade and write up Clive! Congratulations! Quote
Mark Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 Clive I have a 30" katana made by Koretoshi in 1862. in my notes i have Tsunatoshi's date of death as 1863 (Dec 5 i think), minor point, and i may have it wrong but thought i would mention it Quote
Clive Sinclaire Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Posted September 4, 2011 Hi Mark Hope you are well. You may be correct in the date of Tsunatoshi's death, but according to Nihonto Koza "he died at the age of 66 on the 5th day of 12th month of Bunkyu 3 (1863) which I guess is your scource, but confusingly Fujishiro says that he died in Bunkyu ninen. I have used Harry's translations as my references in both cases. I think that the Koza is probably almost correct although I think that Bunyku 3 is 1862 rather than 1863. I could be wrong, tell me what you think. Regards Clive Sinclaire Quote
peter Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 Hi Clive , good to hear you got it back, any images yet for the board? Peter Quote
Clive Sinclaire Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Posted September 4, 2011 I think that Bunyku 3 is 1862 rather than 1863. No its not! Bunkyu 3 is 1862! after all but I have taken Fujishiro's date. Peter, I have tried to upload images but the technology is beyond me (always too big) and I am afraid you'll have to make do with my oshigata. Regards Clive Quote
Jean Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 Mail them to me Clive, and I'll post them Quote
Jacques Posted September 4, 2011 Report Posted September 4, 2011 Hi, Clive, Bunkyu starts in 1861 = Bunkyu gannen, Bunkyu san nen is 1863 Fujishiro says Tsunatoshi died in bunkyu ni nen (1862) Quote
Clive Sinclaire Posted September 4, 2011 Author Report Posted September 4, 2011 Jacques Of course you are quite correct and I managed to confuse myself. Sorry about that. Anyhow both Fujishiro and Conniseur's Book give 1862 as the year he died and so I guess that is probably correct. Jean, I will send you the pics asap. Regards Clive Sinclaire Quote
Jean Posted September 5, 2011 Report Posted September 5, 2011 Here they are , a very fine sword: Quote
peter Posted September 5, 2011 Report Posted September 5, 2011 Beautiful sword Clive. Do you recommend registering swords in the UK with the To-ken society and if so how to do so , how to do so . Peter Quote
Clive Sinclaire Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Posted September 5, 2011 Hi Peter There is no reason to register swords with To-ken Society of UK other than this is a small forum where we can discuss and illustrate swords, usually owned by members. They tend to be "ordinary" swords that might appear in "ordinary" collections. (it also gives me an excuse to borrow other people's swords and draw oshigata!) By the way, thanks Jean for putting my pics onto this board. I would point out that as it is a very new polish, the hadori is very fresh and it may be a little difficult to see the hamon clearly in the pictures because of this, although it is clear when viewed properly. This will improve with time and uichiko. Also, although not shown in these pictures, the sword has a new habaki (gold leaf over a copper base) which was made by Miyaguchi Hiroshi who is a well known shirogane-shi. Finally, it has been pointed out that on the Sword Register, there is yet another typo! Obviously the nagasa is not 3.4 cm but 43.4 cm. I can only imagine that I got over-exited with this sword and failed to pay the necessary attention to detail when checking the text that it deserved. Regards Clive Sinclaire Quote
falconj Posted September 5, 2011 Report Posted September 5, 2011 Jean, (Finally, it has been pointed out that on the Sword Register, there is yet another typo! Obviously the nagasa is not 3.4 cm but 43.4 cm. I can only imagine that I got over-exited with this sword and failed to pay the necessary attention to detail when checking the text that it deserved.) you should have picked that up mate !! :lol: regards John Falconer Quote
Jean Posted September 5, 2011 Report Posted September 5, 2011 Sorry to disappoint you John, I did not have time to check the site as when I opened my mail box it was 5h45 and I leave for office at 6h00. I just had time to upload the pictures, resize them, save them and post them Quote
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