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  1. Ray Singer
    I am not sure that I would agree, Naoe Shizu is a highly respected and desirable school with many juyo. An article from Darcy below. https://web.archive....m/naoe-shizu-katana/
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    Makes sense and that's not something I have seen in a recent kanteisho. Today, I think, the attribution on an NBTHK kanteisho for a koto blade which does not pinpoint a specific Kanemoto would be something like: Kanemoto (kodai) All that aside, being a sword sold at auction with only deprecated papers and suspicious appearance to the nakago, the mei should be looked at with caution.
  3. Ray Singer
    Other reference to 別人, which does seem to be similar in intention to 'kuni fumei' or 'kodai':
  4. Ray Singer
    Ninteisho reads 別人. Perhaps this is intended as a similar meaning to 'kuni fumei'.
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    It looks like the mei might be a more recent addition, and there was an attempt a repatination. Not red paint, but it's strange and suspicious that the nakago is only repaired in the area of the mei. I can vaguely see the mei in the kicho ninteisho. Please show a clear straight on view of the papers.
  6. Ray Singer
    Unfortunately I think you will find that this is not an authentic inscription for Izumi (no) kami Kunisada.
  7. Ray Singer
    You will benefit by providing the group with more, and clearer, detail photos for evaluation. Most especially a clear vertical image of the inscription
  8. Ray Singer
    Geoff, the translation is as I provided above. Mumei Kaifo. The does not include a notation or shinto shinshinto etc. No other information about time period is explicitly noted, however I believe Kaifu without that indicator indicates koto (Muromachi).
  9. Ray Singer
    Kaifu is a school, rather than an individual. Please go through the link I shared above
  10. Ray Singer
    https://www.google.c...rome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
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    Mumei Kaifu
  12. Ray Singer
    This is a hand drawn representation (called an oshigata)
  13. Ray Singer
    Ko-itame.
  14. Ray Singer
    Looks authentic. See examples below of white line.
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    Not that I have seen.
  16. Ray Singer
    I have not heard that there will be a shinsa in San Francisco. Where was that information posted? The NTHK just had a shinsa in Orlando last week, so it would not be that organization.
  17. Ray Singer
    The handle is the nakago. This is a kenuki-gata style of blade.
  18. Ray Singer
    My replies overlapped with Klaus. Here is the correctly oriented Sadayasu.
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    Sakakura Gonnoshin Terukane
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    Yukimitsu
  21. Ray Singer
    This appears to be a replacement juyo certificate, after the original was lost.
  22. Ray Singer
    Excellent osuriage mumei wakizashi in suguha with a deep sori. From this week's shinsa the judgement was Hizen Yoshisada. In beautiful bukezukuri koshirae, now available from the new consignments I returned with. Further details and dimensions shortly. $2,500+ shipping & PP
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    Offering a very nice deal on a long ubu, zaimei shinshinto katana by Choshu Kiyoshige. In shirasaya with hatomei. In excellent polish, and current NBTHK Hozon kanteisho. Josun length: 2 shaku 3 sun. $2,950 + shipping & PP
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  24. Ray Singer
    Signed Kunihiro
  25. Ray Singer
    I am sorry for the bad news. Please see below. http://www.jssus.org...japanese_swords.html
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