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Thank you all now I've got it. best regards Miha G.

I apologize that I have not previously posted another foto of back side. Miha G.

I do not understand the best, do you think the early flowering stage? Also In the lower part are visible 3 small flowers looking like late flowering stage.( it looks like a tree ) Miha G.

Pete and franco I think your answer is more logical because the shape of leaves. Is Center of Japanese tree peonies similar?? Do you know what it would mean in mythology. Thanks for your efforts and support means a lot to me. Miha G.

The picture that I posted I see in the background two leaves is this lotus leaf or it is bamboo leaf. Thanx. Miha

Thank you Chris, Pete, John. Can you provide me with some picture example. I found an article about the mundane egg, and it seemed to me that I see this symbol. This is an article. In Japan, in the Pagoda of Miaco,’ he says, ‘upon a large square altar is placed a bull of massive gold on a block of rock; the animal is ornamented by a rich collar, and pushes with its horns an egg floating in the water contained in a cavity of the rock. To explain this image, the following is told by the Priests. At the time of chaos, before the creation, the world was concealed and inert in an egg which floated on the surface of the waters. . . The divine bull image of creative force broke the egg by a stroke of its horns, and from the egg issued the terrestrial globe Miha

Greetings. I could use a little help with symbol on fuchi. I wonder what the symbol means and what it is. I think that it is a mundane egg, but I'm not sure. Can anyone provide any picture of the mundane egg, thank you. Best regards. Miha G.

The first four masters are not known to have made kozuka, fuchi, kashira or tsuba. then who or which school coud work other fitings for daimyo in the time of yujo shirobei. It is known that the work of yujo was so great that other masters of fuchi, kashira and tsuba was overshadowed by him.In witch school they belonged? And nothing is known abouth who was teacher to great master yujo. Vlado

Greetings Thank you for your quick replay. I did not find when goto school start working fuchi and other fitings(kashira,tsuba). Can you tell me some about when they start and where they work.Little is known about first goto work of great master yujo. Did yujo shirobei work include fuchi and kashira also. I would like to expand my knowledge about goto work. Thank you Vlado

Greetings. I have for some time been researching about Fuchi which I own, but I have not found the right answer, in some way looks master work of goto school,? But there is not much to find about early work of goto masters, can somebody give me some help with id. in which school could have belonged to. Thank you, Best regards. Vlado

Thank you for your thought, then this low grade wakizashi is in one way special because date inscription. Best regards

Greetings to all. I am new member. I admire and I have a great respect to all of you with great knowledge and experience with Japanese culture, history, nihonto, tosogu, kodogu... I woud like to learn and expand my knowledge abaut Japanese culture, history and art . Some time ago I sent pictures of the nakago for translation. Bishu Osafune Sukesada bunroku roku nen ni gatsu kichi. The date is very odd because it says Bunroku roku nen ni gatsu kichi ( A day in February, sixth year of Bunroku era). There was no 6th year of Bunroku, which was an era that lasted only five years ending in early 1596, which then turned into the first year of Keicho. Because the date is odd, I can not find a reasonable explanation , or the guy making the sword didn't know how to inscribe the year properly or count. Or they count diferently in 16.st . Is there some explanation or it is comon error. Sorry for my bad English. Best regards