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Sorry that translation is for the other tsuba, this one is signed "Soten sei" Is made in roughly the style of Soten, but clearly not good enough to be genuine

Chosu Hagi ju Tomohisa saku Chrisantemum flower and leaves Chosu Hagi school, late Edo period

A tansu i made to keep my tsuba in order, the tsuba-shaped plates roughly depict what's inside each drawer

i quote directly Markus Sesko's description: "It bears on the side with the mei the inscription “un wa ten ni ari” (運有天, “Fate lies with heaven”), the ura side of this piece bears the Buddhist prayer “Namu Myôhô Renge Kyô” (南無妙法蓮華経, “Glory to the Sutra of the Lotus of the Supreme Law”)."

This is the original one I actually have some better pictures of this tsuba but i've been asked not to share them around. Of course in comparison with the original mine is still many steps below.

Thank you all for your kind words, especially Marius Here's also a short video that shows better also the tapering of the thickness https://drive.google...kPv/view?usp=sharing

Thank you all! This is an utsushi of an existing tsuba by Nobuie

a couple more pics

I just got informed that the tsuba I sent for this year's NBTHK contest got awarded Nyusen 1st! This is a great result for me as I ranked 6 positions higher than last year. I will keep practicing to improve my skills and hopefully get an higher rank next year.

I'm not even sure I will be part of this, because despite the curator suggested my name to the external company that will do the work my resume needs to be approved by the "Beni Culturali", as the museum is public owned

The museum is actually going to have them properly catalogued in the near future and if all goes well i should be involved in the process to ensure all is done properly

I think you mean the "Museo d'arte Orientale Ca' Pesaro" in Venice here's an article i wrote (in italian but you can google translate it) http://www.intk-toke...e-orientale-venezia/

Here some informations https://nihonto.com/the-yasutsugu-school-康継系/

Yes, that's why study mumei blades can be quite tricky, i've seen blades with 3 certificates and 3 different attributions. When learning is always better to have signed blades, even better if also dated. But you can just enjoy a blade for what it is, the fun part can be making your own idea about a mumei blade as well

I think they go with exclusions in these cases, for example on a Juyo "den Rai Kuniyasu" they wrote, the blade at a first glance look like Rai Kunimitsu but the workmanship is a step below. So they assume Kunimitsu did only top works, so if quality is slightly less they automatically assume is someone close, in this case Kuniyasu. In case of Echizen Rai, if sugata is Nanbokucho, style is like Rai but rougher then is Echizen Rai, if it's lower quality or later is Chiyozuru

The certificate says "katana" and nagasa 2 shaku, so 60.6 cm About Echizen Rai and Chiyozuru, i'm doing some research lately on Rai Kuniyasu since i recently bought one. Rai Kuniyasu (来国安) was a Yamashiro Rai swordsmith, said to be son or grandson of Rai Kunisue (来国末), he then moved to the village of Awaji (淡路) in Settsu´s Nakajima fief, therefore he is also referred to as Awaji-Rai (淡路来). Then he (or his homonymous son, sources are not alligned on this) moved to Echizen, where he founded the Echizen Rai ha, that then became the Chiyozuru school. From what i found if NBTHK attributes to Rai Kuniyasu means when he was in Yamashiro or Awaji (end of Kamakura/early Nanbokucho), if Echizen Rai it's his son work in Echizen (early to mid Nanbokucho), if Chiyorozu is the students of Echizen Rai (late Nanbokucho to Muromachi).

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Wakizashi hirazukuri with unusual bo-hi signed “Nanto-jū Kanabō Hyōe no Jō Masatsugu” (南都住金房兵衛尉政次) in shirasaya. Hamon is a suguha-based midare with a narrow but bright nioiguchi with sunagashi and a nice nijuba on one side. Hada is a standing out itame that shows also a shirake utsuri. Dimensions are: Nagasa 39.0cm Sori 0.8cm Motohaba 31.3mm Motokasane 7.2mm Kanabo school was based in Nara during late Muromachi, they were renowed for being really effective in battle and especially famous for their yari. According my studies this should be the work of the shodai: MASATSUGU (政次), Tenbun (天文, 1532-1555), Yamato – “Nanto-jū Kanabō Hyōe no Jō Masatsugu” (南都住金房兵衛尉政次), “Nanto Kanabō Hyōe no Jō Masatsugu” (南都金房兵衛尉政次), Kanabō school, we know blades from the Tenbun to the Kōji era (弘治, 1555-1558), robust sugata with a wide mihaba, a thick kasane, and an elongated kissaki, rather standing-out itame mixed with masame and ji-nie, hiro-suguha, ko-midare or gunome-midare with compact nioiguchi, in addition ashi and yō, some blades show fine and elaborate horimono in the hitsu, chū-saku There are some small openings and some scratch, but nothing too bothering. On the mune there are several kirikomi. SOLD Please note that i prefer shipping within the EU, shipping outside EU is still possible but might cost extra as i will need to have it shipped from another location. Additional pictures can be found here: https://drive.google...WMYSOESB?usp=sharing

inflation is crazy these days.... https://kumin.news/bunkyo/articles/413778

Mitsuhiro (光弘)

NBTHK Hozon certificate doesn't attest anything about the quality of a blade, it just says that it's an authentic nihonto, there are not fatal flaws (unless is an important example or historically valuable piece) and that the signature, if there's one, it's not fake. Upper levels like Tokubetsu Hozon are also evaluating the conditions of the blade itself.

Thank you Grev for your review, it's always great for me recieving positive feedbacks from my customers, especially when they're long time collectors of antiques i take the liberty to post some better resolution pics of the tsuba

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Bushū-jū Masaharu (武州住正春)

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