Yoshii

Hi, 1987, it is a shinsakuto I myself do own a Minamoto Masatsugu, unsigned, but with a Tokubetsu Kicho paper This sword is made by a gendai smith, but I could not find any information about him Greetings Jos

Hi, I have bought several items from this seller. He is a reliable seller Most of the time the description are accurate. Jos Bonsel

Hello everybody, I could use some help from the experts out here At this moment i'm writing a description of a katana made by Minamoto Masatsugu. As described on the tang it as made in the second month of 1987 for the Yamamoto family. I could not find any information about this smith. So any information on this smith would be welcome. The katana is 70.5 cm long, the sori is 2,1 cm. It does have itame kitae a gunome midare hamon, midare komi boshi, a maru dome bo hi. The nakago is ubu with ha agari kuri jiri saki. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me Jos Bonsel

Hello, Although i'm not a professional translator of Japanese, i try to translate text and put the information into little booklets of the different schools of kaji. this is what I can make of it; 筑後久留米ä½æ¸…綱 Chikugo Kurume ju Kiyotsuna 嘉永四年二月日 Kaei 4th year 2nd month a day 1851 形状 ：sugata é› ï¼škitae 刃文 ：hamon å¸½å­ ï¼šboshi 茎 ：nakago éŽ¬é€ ã€åºµæ£Ÿã€èº«å¹…・é‡ã­å°‹å¸¸ã«ã—ã¦ã€å…ƒå…ˆã®å¹…差ややã¤ãã€åã‚Šã¤ãã€ä¸­é‹’やや延ã³ã‚‹ã€‚ shinogi zukuri, ihori mune, chu kissaki nobiru å°æ¿ç›®è‚Œã‚ˆãã¤ã¿ã€ã€åœ°æ²¸ã¤ãã€åœ°æ™¯å…¥ã‚Šã€ç„¡åœ°é¢¨ãªè‚Œåˆã„を呈ã™ã€‚ ko itame hada, ji nie, chikei, muji hada style å°äº’ã®ç›®ã‚’主調ã«å°ä¸å­é¢¨ã®åˆƒäº¤ã˜ã‚Šã€è¶³ãƒ»è‘‰å…¥ã‚Šã€åŒ‚å‹ã¡ã«å°æ²¸ã¤ãã€éƒ¨åˆ†çš„ã«è’ã‚ã®æ²¸ã¨ãªã‚Šã€ç ‚æµã—ã‹ã‹ã‚‹ã€‚ ko gunome ? ko choji, ashi . yo, nioi gachi ko nie deki, ara nie 焼ãæ·±ãã€ç›´ã調ã«æµ…ãã®ãŸã‚Œè¾¼ã¿ã€å°ä¸¸å°–ã‚Šã”ã“ã‚ã¨ãªã‚Šã€å…ˆæŽƒãã‹ã‘る。 yaki fukashi, suguha awai notare komi, ko maru togari 生ã¶ã€å…ˆåˆƒä¸Šã‚Šæ —å°»ã€é‘¢ç›®å¤§ç­‹é•ã„化粧ã¤ãã€ç›®é‡˜å­”一。 ubu, kuri jiri saki, o sujikai yasurime, 1 mekugi ana 説明 ： åé‘‘ã«ã€é’木五郎。清広å­ã€‚é•·é‹æ–Žç¶±ä¿Šé–€ã€‚江戸ã«ã¦ã‚‚打ã¤ã€‚弘化ã“ã‚。筑後。ã¨ã‚る。 Aoki goro. Student of Kiyohiro. School of Chounsai Tsunatoshi, Koka periode, Chikugo kuni 作風ã¯å‚™å‰ä¼ã‚’主ã«ã—ã¦ã€åŒ‚出æ¥ã®ä¸å­ã«äº’ã®ç›®äº¤ã˜ã‚Šã®åˆƒæ–‡ã‚’焼ãã€é›ã¯å°æ¿ç›®ãŒã¤ã¾ã£ã¦ç„¡åœ°é¢¨ã¨ãªã‚‹ã€‚ ã“ã®åˆ€ã¯ã€å¸«ï¼šé•·é‹æ–Žç¶±ä¿Šã‚†ãšã‚Šã®å‚™å‰ä¼ã®åˆƒæ–‡ã‚’焼ã„ãŸå…¸åž‹ä½œã§ã‚る。 Chounsai Tsunatoshi’s hamon is in Bizen den style ã¾ãŸã€é™¸è»è»åˆ€æ‹µãŒé™„帯ã—ã¦ã„ã‚‹ãŒã€è»åˆ€æ‹µã«ç´ã‚られãŸåˆ€å‰£ã¯ã‚µãƒ¼ãƒ™ãƒ«ã®å®šå¯¸ã§ã‚ã‚‹2å°º1寸å‰å¾Œã«ç£¨ä¸Šã’られãŸã‚‚ã®ã‚‚多ã„ãŒã€æœ¬ä½œã¯ç”Ÿã¶èŒŽã®çŠ¶æ…‹ã§ã‚ã‚‹ã“ã¨ãŒå¥½ã¾ã—ã„。 2 shaku 1 sun suriage I'm sorry that i'm not capable enough to translate the complete text. I hope this will help you a little bit. Aoki is his familyname and goro his personal name Greetings Jos

Hi Matt, I'm Sorry , no oshigata of this smith in my collection of books Jos

Hello Matt, First of all, the kanji for Yasu which was used by the smiths who worked at the Yasukuni shrine is another one then is iscribed on your sword. I have looked in my library for a smith who worked in the Showa period and signed with Yasukuni using the kanji on your sword, the only smith i could find was a smith who worked as a Rikugun Jumei Tosho. His name was Takeshita Yasukuni. I don't know if this smith had made your sword, but perhaps you can look for information on the web for this smith. With regards, Jos Bonsel

Hello, If i'm not mistaking the hamon to me looks very regular. This sanbonsugi hamon was according to the Japanese experts invented by Magoroku Kanemoto (nidai) But his hamon is not as regular as on this particular sword. So in my humbl opinion this sword is made by one of the later generation Kanemoto Greetings jos

Hello out there, It is my hobby to collect information on swordsmiths and put it in little booklets. This I have also done on the Bizen Yokoyama school. Yokoyama Sukeyoshi is mentioned in the Nipponto Bizen-den Taikan on page 699. He was working in nioi deki and made choji, choji midare and suguha hamon. His kitae is mostly ko mokume, the boshi most of the time is ko maru kaeru. He signed as follows Jakushu jū Mita gennoshin Taira sukeyoshi yoshida gennoshin Taira sukeyoshi Goshu Hikone jū sukeyoshi Goshu Mita gensuke sukeyoshi tomonari go jū hachi dai no mago (58th generation) Bizen Osafune jū Yokoyama Sukeyoshi zukuri kore I hope this will help a little bit Greetings Jos

Hello Marcel, I'm also living in the Netherlands and collects and study the Japanese sword for over 30 years now. I'm a member of the Dutch Token Society and as so being active as the Mater of Arms in tne board of the society. When you do get your shinsakuto, is it possible that you show it on one of our meetings If you are interested in the Japanese sword you could take a look on our website http://www.to-ken.nl Jos

Hello out there, Now I know it is alright to deal with him I will take another look on the items he is offering Thanks for the information, Jos

Hello out there, recently I did got a mail from this guy Tadahiro Kimura. He claims to be a seller of Japanese antigues and should have a shop in Tokyo, Japan, and does have a homepage on internet. His adres is http://www.js-musashi.com. Does anyone of you do have any information about him, is he a reliable seller or is it a fraud Thanks in advance, Yoshii

Hi, I also have this piece on tracking. The smith concerned is rated as chu saku. As far as I can come to a conclusion it is in my eyes a sho shin mei. Who would fake a signature of a chu saku smith? By the way I did pay $ 2.500 for a fully signed and Koshu Tokubetsu Kicho papered Naginata from a jo saku smith of the 17th century. Greetings Jos

Hi Out there, I do own a mu mei katana with a Tokubetsu Kicho paper from the Bijutsu Nihonto Hozon Shinsakai. It dose have a kiri jiri and kiri yasurime. the hamon is suguha. From all the Yukinaga who are listed in Hawley, yuk 354 was the best. He is said to have hold the title of Yamato no kami. His stronghold was the suguha hamon. Greetings Jos

Hello out there, Last year I also did aquire a katana made by Yokoyama Sukenaga Sadly enough it does have two hagiri. It is almost signed the same way, the kiku mon and the kanji are on the side with the kanji Bizen Osafune ju On the other side is not only his name but also the date inscribed. I'm not an epert on Sukenaga, but it could be that my sword was signed by Sukekane, his nephew. Greeting Jos

Thanks, I now know it is not a fake certificate Greetings Jos