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k morita

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  1. Hi, The signature on the box "Soshin"(素心) is pen name of SASANO Masayuki(笹野大行) who wrote many Tsuba books.
  2. Hi, Nice discovery!
  3. Hi, Right: 加賀掾 (Kaga no jo) Left: 利貞 (Toshisada)
  4. Hi, I haven't Oshigata. Joseishi in Kanji.常省子 Kawai Hisayuki in Kanji. 川井久幸
  5. Hi, may be a good sword. The signature is "Tsutsui Echu Nyudo Kiju at Kawachi" 於河州筒井越中入道紀充. Date is The 2nd month,the 6th year of Kyoho period(1721). 享保六年二月日
  6. Hi, Here is another Tsuba by Tomohide. http://www.tsuruginoya.com/mn1_3/b00162.html
  7. Hi, This artist is still mysterious. The signature says: 仙陽 (Senyo) ,Senyo means Sendai. 黒暘谷 (Kuro/Koku Yokoku). (reading?)
  8. Hi, The million dollar question? It's exaggerated. The netsuke only says 一枝紅杏出 . Kanji "garden wall(牆来)" isn't carved on the netsuke . Poetry should be interpreted to become fun in your mind.
  9. Hi, meaning is: 一枝紅杏出 Spring has came, red flower of apricot bloomed( in a garden).
  10. Hi, The mei says Kojo 光乗
  11. Hi, He was RJT sword smith. Hiromasa's family name is Toriu, Toriu Hiromasa (鳥生博正)
  12. Hi, Kanji on the flag is too poor. The characters of the back of the photo and the photo is real. Back side on pic: 熊川村青年団幹事 (Managers of Youth-association in Kumagawa village.)
  13. Hi, The stamp says Yoshihide 美英 . Right line is date, 嘉永六歳(6th year of Kaei period,1853).
  14. Hi, The box is unrelated to your Kogatana knife. 東山春色 The scenery of Higashiyama,kyoto in spring. 楳仙題 painted by Baisen(Hirai Baisen,平井楳仙). 
  15. I agree. Taira Sadashige = Imai Sadashige 今井貞重 
  16. 杉王 正友 Sugio Masatomo. His real family name was Tanaka 田中. At that time,He was a sword smith(RJT smith) who lived in Tokushima-prefecture.
  17. 長義 Nagayoshi + kao.
  18. 染谷一信 SOMEYA Kazunobu
  19. Hi, The second character is Nao (直). Sadanao 貞直
  20. Steve san, 称 is 様(Mr.). 氣付 means c/o. Meaning is: To Mr.Tanaka Ken,c/o Manchuria 100th Military Post Office, Manchuria 549th Division, Katō Corps.
  21. This is a box for Chinese medicine(Herbal medicine) in old Japan. 妙ふり出し
  22. Hi, The signature says, Carved by Hirakakiuchi(family name)  Masakazu.(平垣内正和作)
  23. Hi, The tsuba signature says Ki(no)kuni(Kishu province)木國, Tsunemasa 常正, not 序正 .
  24. Hi, This inscription is a phrase of poem by Rai Sanyo 頼山陽(1781-1832). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_San%27y%C5%8D This inscription says 深泥亦国恩 . Meaning is "A tortoise doesn't have a big hope in the deep mud, but he feels favor for the country "  
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