Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini

Seems I'm unable to find out how to save my Private maessages on my HD. I would like to save them before clenaning the in and out boxes. Any hint ? Have I to save them one at a time ? Thanks.

Sorry. My results don't match the timeline you're referring to.

John, I think this question could be interesting for Emmanuel. Would you like to post it in the sticky about Samurai Heraldry on Samurai Archives ? Maybe you'll get some other pictures to add to your new and awesome webpage.

Likely it proved to be not really effective or didn't fit new tactics and shifted from its former status of defence to the one of signal, still maintaining an "Aura" of importance. Much more reliable in signaling the position of an important piece in the big game, when heraldry begun fully developed in Japan.

Fantastic thread. Japanese versions :

Thanks for the pics John. No catalogue ?

Hi John. If Ian is the Ian Bottomley I think, in "Arms and Armors of the Samurai" he gives some very interesting information about what Horo originally was and how much it was popular amongst Samurai, not being the "signal item" it was later "revived", even if its original purpose is still quiet obscure. Possibly in its early Kamakura form without internal basketwork frame, an arrows-deflecting device when the mounted samurai was running away from enemies after having shooted his arrow. Nothing sure anyway. The authors left me astonished with this picture from Gunyoki : Ian, if you're the Ian Bottomley I think and if the picture shouldn't be here, plese forgive me and drop me a pm for its removal.

Hi John. Is he Emmanuel ? If yes, really talented. He worked for museums too. Great idea to put them all together. Keep it updated.

An hell of a work... Thanks for the picture Guido. I'm downloading it.

And so ? Haven't you read my previous post ? All my posts were intended to Thierry. I'm totally ignoring you (in this thread...)

Sorry for the telegraphic replies, but I'm chatting on skype with an estonian friend of mine. I've posted the first matching with NAG 562 and then the other not reported on Hawley (1981 edition, I've to update it...). Likely you've stopped searching to the one with "Tatara". I think you should find it in the sources you quoted with ref TK 467.

Made in early periods.

Nagayuki Oite Sesshu Kuni Saku Kore

What about these (Shoki Mei) ?

I wonder if the Shinobiana has anything to do with Handachi mounting. Originally my sword was in such a mounting. Almost 80,00 cm nagasa and quiet heavy anyway...

I think Moriyama-san is right and possibly the sword in question originally looked like this one, Shinshinto Ubu Nakago :

Don't mind Ian. Once I quoted Sekigahara meaning Nagashino... :lol:

John, are you interested in the italian part of the voyage too ? As this is not related to armor we can eventually discuss it via e-mail. There are good italian sources about their visit to the Pope...

A new good motto to remember for me and the perfect way to close this matter.

Well, I *think* that Reinhard and Mike meant this one, but I'm not sure. As I'm not sure it is the only possible reading of these remains. Seems not a great calligraphy to me, anyway...

This : 忠 (7th of your list, from left "the western reading" way).

No need for apologies. Not yours culpa. It has been poor quality picture's culpa...

New pictures... From the position of the Mei seems the Mekugiana I was watching at was effectively the lowest one, that supposedly is the original one, and still resemble to me not punched...

Sorry. I was under the impression it was the lower one that I was looking at in the pictures.

Mekugiana seems not punched to me. Feedbacks ?