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Beautiful tachi. Here are some pictures of my Shikkake for comparison. Also Tokubetsu Hozon, unfortunately no sayagaki.

Don't know if this fits in here : Musashi Koku Jyu Kaneko Sandai Taro Minamoto Sukehide special order katana in bizen sanmai construction.

Don't know much about this one, but very capturing.

My first impression : 廣平作 - Hirohira saku I personally don't know this smith and i might be wrong. Let's wait for the professionals. Best regards

My bad aswell. I thought this was about the katakana serial numbers 😅

On the top : アハ〇 - A Ha 0 or ア八〇 = A80 On the bottom : A九三〇 - A930 Anyone seeing what I am seeing? Best regards

@DoTanuki yokai

Anything unsigned post muromachi, naoshis, non-traditionally made blades. I don't know why. They just don't attract me.

As far is I know there is a book called kiyomaro taikan. Here is an article by Markus Sesko about him. : https://markussesko.com/2013/08/14/the-case-of-kiyomaro/ Best regards

The mei is correct as stated : Kozuke Daijo Fujiwara Sukesada Always pleasant to see fully themed koshirae Best regards

If he could only offer an apprenticeship as a living deshi like the one experienced, I'd be on my flight already! Unfortunately, coming to Japan as a lonely loner + having to pay for rent and food in an unpaid apprenticeship is impossible without any big funds. Five years without payment though are in my opinion, nothing for what you will get in return. Knowledge, independence, confidence in yourself and much more. It will be very hard yeah, but you've got to fully commit. I don't understand the upset folks. Today we all have to make the quick $$$ as early as possible, don't we?

In Germany/Europe -> http://www.schwert-couture.de/ They offer all kinds of koshirae restauration work, except for lacquering I think. Best regards

Musashi (Soul?) Asero Toredaano It's obviously a replica from here -> https://www.acerotoledano.com/ Best regards

Choshu ju Kiyoshige

Very nice finds imo. In need of a little love and restoration, but as a cherry on top of the estate I wouldn't complain! Do you know if he is he planning to keep or sell them? My suggestion for him would be to resubmit at least the kunitoshi and if shoshin, restore it and (if unwanted as stated) reclaim a chunk of the estates price. If he doesn't want to... well here's a german collector with open arms, who would definitely take a shot! I really like the crab themed tosogu as well.

Anyone else reading Yoshimitsu Saku?

The mei is: Soshu ju Masashige Best regards

Thank you again Moriyama-san. I agree they share some similarities at first sight, but on closer inspection they are clearly different. Best regards

Thank you very much!

Thank you Jussi,John and Michael. I can only agree, it's a beautiful naginata

Some more. By the way, the blade is 43.8cm long and the sori is about 2.5cm.

Thank you very much Moriyama-san! Of course John. I just took some quick shots. Will do some better ones, once I find the time. Hopefully there are some details to see. In hand it is much more magnificent. A beautiful nie deki suguha based blade with some ashi and typical konuka hada.

Thank you very much John. I am assuming this isn't the original shirasaya but rather a recap of an old sayagaki? I can imagine that "bestowed by an official of the nabeshima" is possibly true. The saya is decorated with a variation of the nabeshima kamon (myoga ( maybe the mentioned hideshima variant?)) For sure is that hizen was the place of action. Definitely had to be some time after the shimabara rebellion, since tadahiro received the omi daijo title in 1641. Will do further researching into the nabeshima clan. Best regards

For our translators, even though most of it was fairly easy to read. This is what I got so far : Nabeshima ??? Naginata signed Hizen Kuni Ju Omi Daijo Tadahiro Hideshima Ie ( maybe a branch of the Nabeshima clan? ) ??? ( the rest exceeds my current skill level ) Best Regards

I am not an expert on Naotane but comparing it to other signatures by him, my red flags are : - strangely chiseled - no kao Also the pictures don't let you judge the blade at all (except from the suguha hamon) I did not find any signatured without a kao or "stamp?" on the fly , but I could be wrong. For now I am sitting in camp gimei and imo you saved yourself some bucks for a better purchase.