Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini

Want to make an offer ? :lol: Just kidding.

Most are nicer then mine... :?

Well, as far as lenght goes, I can accept the measurement but if I get correctly the meaning of width, seems to me a bit out of range even for an Odachi...

Hi all. I'm requested by a friend of mine of Samurai Archives to ask if anybody knows about the measurements of this sword accordingly to the translation he made from an ancient test. I'm under the impression it's a bit exaggerate and possibly a sword used as standard, and especially the tickness should be very exaggerate, anyway if anybody has seen or have sources about this sword I would be grateful to be contacted. Quote : Shinchokoki Battle of San no Yama-Akatsuka (excerpt) When the armies were approximately five or six ken (9-11 meters) (1ken=1.8 meters) apart, the archers on both sides fired arrows. Arakawa Yojûrô was struck deep beneath the visor of his helmet and fell from his horse, dead. Enemy soldiers immediately grabbed his legs; others grabbed his scabbard, and began to drag him. Yojûrô’s allies grabbed his head and upper body to keep the enemy from taking his body. Yojûrô’s ornamented daito was said to be approximately 1.8 meters long, and the scabbard width measured about 15-18 centimeters. The enemy pulled on the ornamented scabbard, while Yojûrô’s allies pulled the sword, his head and upper body, and pulled his body free of the enemy. ...unquote Thanks for your time.

Some more info from another source, the Koza (thanks to AFU, sorry for the poor picture) to support the 3 generations matter : SURUGA NO KUNI 駿河国 Shida-gun Shimada-shi of this kuni is a town on the left bank of the Ôigawa (Ôi River), and here a tôkô group founded by SHIMADA YOSHISUKE 島田義助 prospered. SURUGA 駿河 is a place which has deep relationships with the great clans of the Imagawa, Takeda, and Tokugawa. In the late Muromachi Jidai, there was especially vigorous activity shown by these three, but a story can be seen in the SUN TÔ ZU KAN 駿遠豆鑑 (SURUGA 駿河, TÔTÔMI 遠江, and IZU 伊豆 Taikan) which says that YOSHISUKE 義助 obtained the favor of Imagawa, and it is said that the YOSHI 義 of YOSHISUKE 義助 is a ji that he received from the name of IMAGAWA YOSHITADA 今川義忠. I think this is a story which should be believed. At one time a long time ago there was a tendency to overlook the founder of this YOSHISUKE KE 義助家, however, in actuality, he is thought to be a smith in his prime of sword making around KÔSHÔ 康正 (1455-1457). Even if he is moved back earlier, this would probably be to around EIKYÔ 永享 (1429-1441). This is the jidai assumed according to common knowledge of sword observation. A pamphlet was published in October 1962 by sword lover Matsushita Masahika (or Shôji) Shi of Shizuoka-ken entitled "Shizuoka Meitô Monogatari" (Tales of Famous Swords of Shizuoka). Present in this is detailed local research in regard to YOSHISUKE 義助 and his extended family. As for the investigation of the tôko, kinkô, and tsubakô of each locale, these had been done for some time by local people, and fulfills the greatest wishes of this writer. I would ask for anyone who desires the details to please consult this same pamphlet. According to that pamphlet, the family name of the YOSHISUKE KE 義助家 was GOJÔ 五条 , and the Myôô-Yama Chôtoku-Ji is their family temple. It is said that this temple came to moved from Shimada-chô Go-chome around 1912, an since the old tomb markers were naturally renovated, it is probably difficult to hope for accuracy, but it seems that there are people who are doing further research locally. …OMISSIS… KEIZU OF SHIMADA YOSHISUKE KEI YOSHISUKE 義助: Around KÔSHÔ 康正 (1455-1457). [TN] YOSHISUKE 義助: Around EISHÔ 永正 (1504-1521). YOSHISUKE 義助: Around TENMON 天文 (1532-1535). HIROSUKE 広助: Around KÔJI 弘治 (1555-1558). KUNISUKE 国助: Around TENSHÔ 天正 (1573-1592). TERUYOSHI 輝吉: Around KÔJI 弘治 (1555-1558). He also inscribed HIROSUKE 広助. TERUSUKE 輝助: No remarks. SUKEMITSU 助光: No remarks. YARI Mei: YOSHISUKE SAKU (OTEGINE NO YARI お手杵の槍) Length: 4 shaku 6 sun (about 139.4 cm) 槍 銘 義 助 作

Another great thread.

With the hundreds of similar charts available you've choosen the one made by me and my estonian friend Valdek Laur for my Samuraiwiki article ? Hope you've not read the article, it's just a needed small note I was requested to write for an essentially genealogy-related site... Anyway, great exercise of kantei this thread.

Hi Jinsoo. Thanks for having made your website working again.

Strage things to highlight ? Yes, the forum have had a lot of newfound interesting blades and I'm green of envy... :lol: Brian, pages load very fast as usual on my PC here in Italy.

Fantastic post Darcy...

Rich, this is a forum that deals mostly with Samurai genealogies : http://forums.samurai-archives.com/ and this is the "mother site" which the forum is from and the "Samuraiwiki" where you can search on yourself : http://www.samurai-archives.com/ http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index. ... =Main_Page If you wantn't register in the forum I'll be glad to can ask for you.

Hi Gabriel. Glad to meet you here too.

Refreshing to know that there still is the possibility to find bring-back items not abused. All my respects to the original owner for having preserved them and to the present-day one to have understand their value.

. IF it's legit, might be an item made out from a longer blade. Naginata hasn't such a Nakago and the upper hi is less then a millimeter from the border. Can't say anything about the temper or activities. Crap, IMHO.

Yeah, totally agree that's a fake but I was thinking what the hell passed in the mind of the maker when he depicted that archer... The mounting of the Sunnobi Tanto which this kozuka is on, has been looted and I think nothing of the original remains other then the Menuki and possibly Fuchi/Kashira...

Hi all. This is not a kitchen knife ! :lol: Well, I know it's crap, but I found it in a quiet good mount. As the matter has arised... I just wonder who's pictured there and if the kanji have any meaning.

Polishers that are able to properly re-patinate a Nakago aren't so much out there and the ones that know the magic will not share the way easily because of the problems with fakers. I've heard that amongt other ingredients, the recipe contains old files, crushed cinder blocks and soy sauce.

Anything to shre with the process of beginning an Horimono later abandoned ?

I'm asking via PM a friend of mine from SFI to take a look to this thread.

A nice blade Brian. I wish it was mine, with pits and all...

From NihonTo Koza page 349-350 : quote... KUNIHISA UDA [bUN'AN 1444 ETCHÛ] CHÛKOTÔ CHÛJÔSAKU He is of one extended family of Uda, and is the son of Kunifusa. Wakizashi are predominant, jitetsu is ita -masame, hamon is predominantly sugu or ko-midare with a narrow yakiba. Signature: UDA KUNIHISA Plate II: UDA KUNIHISA Page 350 Plate I: UDA KUNIHISA The "Kuni" in the katana mei of the Uda Ha is an unconventional writing style and it seems to be peculiar to Uda, but this was common from around Ôei to Bunmei, and both the "Kuni" of Bizen Kuni Osafune Katsumitsu and the "Kuni" of Sôshû Jû Kunitsugu are the same writing style as the "Kuni" of Uda. All of these are of around Bunmei, and this "Kuni" has a deep significance in relation to the times. [TN] ...unquote Hope it helps.

Please let us updated about this. It's extremely interesting. Of course, I can't help...

Thanks to Paul for sharing.

God bless you Rich.

wow... Darcy is human, isn't from Mars... :D