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  1. Bugyotsuji
    That first character is so poorly written though, that it gives little confidence for approaching the second. I’ll go with Moriyama San here.
  2. Bugyotsuji
    Ah, blueys and greenies! Thanks!!! PS Among Sukesada be careful of fake 'Kozuke Daijo' especially... (Extra caution)
  3. Bugyotsuji
    See this thread: Quiz question about Bizen blades, if you’re bored 😑 - The Izakaya - Nihonto Message Board (militaria.co.za)
  4. Bugyotsuji
    Gotta ask, but what are greenies?
  5. Bugyotsuji
    Are you Didrik Bildt? Nice mugshot anyway! Oh and congratulations on what looks like a wonderful work!
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    That looks very similar, Sebastien. I might have bought it, but then Hamfish would have called me a perv.
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    When you call the smith a ‘perv’, do you mean he (or the one who placed the order), was perverted, as in… peeping Tom perhaps? Saw a Kozuka recently with a sliding screen in a Japanese house; the screen slides open to reveal hanky panky in the bedroom.
  8. Bugyotsuji
    The link goes into the possibilities, suggesting Chinnan Sennin, but also presents an alternative, thus not trying to be definitive. It does appear that several legends have melded together, as you often find with Netsuké.
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    和尚竜児 Just means priest and baby dragon, I think, Dale.
  10. Bugyotsuji
    It says that nails were L-shaped and were designed for reuse. (I’m thinking castle gates here.) These were hammered in through a metal base plate; later, with the use of levers this plate was prised(prized) up, designed to help pull out the ‘nail’. I have also heard that the word is auspicious because ‘kugi’ sounds like 九城 ‘kuki’ or nine castles, and nuki is pulling out (capturing).
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    In Lonely Panet’s link above, the English itself is garbled. Instead of ‘Marunichiga Iginuki’ it should say: ‘Maru ni Chigai (kugi)Nuki’. (=Crossed nail plates in a circle). The linked site explains the origins of ‘nail puller’, also that although similar the central hole of the kuginuki is slightly larger than that of the me-yui Mon.
  12. Bugyotsuji
    The seal looks like 肢…(?)
  13. Bugyotsuji
    Nice vase! (Twice this Kumagaya name has popped up in the last couple of days!)
  14. Bugyotsuji
    Try Ryu Sennin.
  15. Bugyotsuji
    Kaneiye is the old Victorian spelling, so check out Kaneie too, for a wider net.
  16. Bugyotsuji
    Bravo! And more power to your elbow!
  17. Bugyotsuji
    熊谷義尚 Kumagai Yoshinao perhaps? Not sure… I found a 義之　Yoshiyuki of this Kumagai school.
  18. Bugyotsuji
    寶壽 Wealth (treasure) and long life
  19. Bugyotsuji

    Cicadageddon

    Bugyotsuji replied to Mark S.'s topic in Tosogu

    Menuki Iron, heavily rusted, traces of shinchū zōgan.
  20. Bugyotsuji
    Yes, I've seen a couple of examples of these tsuka, plain wood like for shirasaya, but larger and longer with a series of mekugi holes to enable lengthening of the tsuka for a greater grip and swing. There was also a device to clamp the tsuka to the nakago more firmly, but I do not recall exactly how it looked or functioned. (Some years back.) Maybe it was in a split configuration designed to be placed over and brought together on either side of the tsuka...(?)
  21. Bugyotsuji
    in ‘Nihonto’, look for the ‘Smaller blades’ thread for many different examples.
  22. Bugyotsuji
    Second from the top on the left is 雁金 Karigane, = (golden) wild goose.
  23. Bugyotsuji
    Did he have an accent?
  24. Bugyotsuji
    赤龍哉 Sekiryūsai (?)
  25. Bugyotsuji
    光行 Mitsuyuki (?)
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