Tengu1957
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O-Suriage Tachi Late Nombokucho 71.8 cm NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Esshu Mistsuyuki O-Kissaki A very wide and robust sword Many thanks to Mike Yamasaki for selling this to me
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Yes , 62 plates with 30 rivets each so 1860 total.
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This is the best I can do on it.
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Luc , it's signed Soshu. I wasn't paying attention and spell check made a change and I did not catch it. See above images of the signature. Thanks
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Uwe , sorry . I swear spell checks changes everything. I did not notice . It's signed Soshu
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Ko Boshi Kabuto Akoda nari shape 62 plates ,26 rivets (1612 rivets ) In larger to smaller size Signed Noshu ju Naosuke Believed to be pre Edo Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me
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Armor would be sengoku to late Edo Swords/pole arms are Kamakura to shinshinto Teppo are Edo Tsuba are mostly late Muromachi to Edo
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Room 3 I can't get an image small enough to attach but it's a table of Tsuba along with the images attached.
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This is room 2 of 3. Mostly storage for swords but a Saotome armor and a lot of Tetsubin and books. I'm doing an exhibition now at the North Carolina Museum of art ( the making of a warrior ) from Oct 19 2025 to Feb 2 2025. You can see images on line. A lot is missing because it's there. The curator picked what she wanted so skipped over many of the Kamakura jidai swords.
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Room 1 of 3. It's getting to be a bit much.
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It's Kinzogan. I will take a better image of the activity. It must have been quite long before the Osuriage. Sorry for the poor images.
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It's not mentioned in the saya gaki who added it. The paper did not mention it either but both agreed with the attribution.
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I don't remember that I had posted this before but if I had it's been some time ago. O Suriage Nambokucho Tachi attributed to Sa Sadayoshi , student of O Sa . One of the 10 best students of Masamune. It has a kin zogan mei Sa , Sadayoshi on both side of the Nakago. There is an Edo period Horimono added to the sword. 71.2 cm Syagaki by Mr. Tanobe
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Etchu Zunari Kabuto and Menpo , Edo period. Extra tall for this style.
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Edo period Kabuto and Menpo The Hachi on this set is lacquered leather. It was often commissioned by older men who could not wear an iron Kabuto for long periods of time. The Menpo is signed and made of iron. The noble face or expression on the Menpo was often favored by older men as well. A leather bowl could repel sword strikes as well as iron ones. Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me.
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Wakizashi for a Daimyo O-Suriage sword 58 cm NBTHK TH to Taima school Kamakura , Yamato Den Fittings all matching to Mori clan , Habaki solid gold with Mon I have not seen the papers for the fittings yet This is believed to have belonged to one of the Daimyo from Mori because of the extensive use of their Mon. The fittings are unsigned , when the papers come back it will help date which Daimyo it may have been Many thanks to Mike Yamasaki for selling this to me
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Andy , The item came from a friend who has had it for more than 40 years. I'm fully aware of who you are and what your reputation is. You may interpret that however you like.
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I'm 66 , started at 22
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Nagamaki Naoshi Katana Nambokucho period - mid 1300's 64.8 cm NBTHK Hozon Hokke School , associated with Bingo Mihara Many thanks to Mike Yamasaki for selling this to me.
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Maidate ,Edo period Iron with a light coating of dark brown lacquer 38.2 cm X 3.6 cm Repousse Hachiman Daibujin , the great god of war Hachiman
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Jussi , thank you. It just gives a different feel in hand for what all of the O Suriage swords must have been like as Ubu. I don't take very good photos buts it's better than it looks here. I will be interested to see what it will paper to.
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Ubu Tachi This is an Ubu Tachi from the end of the Nambokucho or early Oei. 78.75 cm in length. The sori on this really shows what the O Suriage Tachi looked like before being shortened. It is suggested it may be early Uda or Kai Mihara school , it is unpapered and in old polish and Shira saya I am learning lot from this piece. Many thanks to Mike Yamasaki for selling this to me.
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Bryce Thanks for the link. I believe it holds true even today that a sword with extensive horimono doubles the price of a sword without horimono if the same quality.
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Wide Shinto Wakizashi with Dragon Horimono Sagami No Kami KaneYasu 53 cm long , 3.5 cm wide A wide and heavy Ubu sword made around 1660 Kanbun Horimono is deeply cut dragon chasing the pearl and other protective Horimono on the reverse NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon This is one of the widest Wakizashi I have seen from this period. Many thanks to Nick Ricupero for selling this to me
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O Suriage Tachi NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon with attribution to Kokubunji Suke Kuni late kamakura Sayagaki by Mr Tonobe 69.2 cm He was originally from the Ichimonji kei in Bizen of which his Father was also a sword smith Sukekuni then went to the Bingo Mihara group to live and work Rated Jojo saku The Koshirae has menuki of the Hosokawa clan Many thanks to Mike Yamasaki for selling this to me
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