Mr. Röhl translated the first months of the SUMPUKI, a diary written by an unknown author about the daily life of the ex shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sumpu..
https://www.oag.uni-hamburg.de/noag-archiv/noag-079-080-1956/roehl.pdf
Best hope that google did a 1+translation..
gifu mino smith swords get lost..
https://soranews24.com/2018/07/11/samurai-sword-hunt-begins-as-storm-washes-away-blacksmiths-warehouse-in-gifu-prefecture/
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Auction with international interest..
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/729080/Japanese-swords-attracting-international-interest-ahead-of-angus-auction/
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Thinking about the 500 million goal and the quiet collector giving back a famous clan heirloom..
https://yuhindo.com/ha/denrai-chicken-or-the-egg/#more-946
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Yes they do not place the original sword with the cutting edge down on a plastic rack. May be the "original" is still resting in the private owners house. But isn't it right to give it back to the common.
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Wow, nice sword, nice package, very interesting swordsmith published the wakan token dan...
Too bad I'm saving for the Naotane katana..
Good luck Joe, and congrats for the new owner!
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