UWHusky Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 Hello all, I am brand new to this message board, but I have used it as a reference a few times. I have recently looked into purchasing a Katana with the signature below (), but have had quite a bit of difficulty finding information about the Goami school and more importantly the swordsmith Nagayuki other than his reference as NAG550 (2nd generation Nagayuki from Bingo no Goami). Can anybody help me to identify if the signature is authentic? I trust the seller, but it never hurts to check. Also, can anybody elaborate a bit more on the Goami school? Very hard to find any good information on the internet. Thanks in advance! Kenneth B. Quote
Jimmy R Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 It is completely useless to post just the Nakago. There are many books available that could offer the information you seek. Start with the Nihonto koza. Mr. Watson offers a cd with an index for the original Japanese version and he has done us the favorof translating six of the volumes and publishing them of you have a little more coin. I will look at it if you give a link to some more pictures or tell me where it is for sale. Jim Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 Jim, I am sorry but your remark is not at all courteous. You could at least have pointed him out to some reference books, the site of RichStein, and well, it is not the way we do things here on the board. KM PS: Kenneth, I dont know much about this smith, so I cant help you, but others definetely can. Quote
John A Stuart Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 The Goami school derives from the late Mihara group. The signature for this smith is listed as 備後國尾道住五阿弥長行作 Bingo no Kuni Onomichi ju Goami Nagayuki saku whereas yours is 備後國住尾道五阿弥長行作 I don't know how this relates to the truth of the signature. I have no oshigata for reference. John Quote
Jimmy R Posted March 15, 2012 Report Posted March 15, 2012 "Jim, I am sorry but your remark is not at all courteous. You could at least have pointed him out to some reference books, the site of RichStein, and well, it is not the way we do things here on the board". I did offer to help. Bingo mihara are very distinct. You cannot tell, or rather it is useless to just show the tang. I am not here to be courteous. Education does not ride the coattails of propriety. Rather I am here to discuss Nihonto. If it is bingo mihara I would like to see the entire blade. That is all. No discourtesy intended. We are so lucky to have you, Henk to guide us morally. Jim Quote
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