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Yamamura Tsunahiro 24th Generation in a line going back to Masamune - still operating in Kamakura...

Heard the story when I lived in Kamakura - very happy to know you all have reconnected with your cousins - very happy to see Yamamura Sensei hasn't changed... -tch

Jo Are you part of the branch of the family established after the Great British Exhibition? -t

TANTÔ KOSHIRAE BY NATSUO AND TOKUOKI 080423 - NIHONTO @masakatsu

Beautiful.

Okanehira was at a special viewing with Watanabe Sensei at the Sano Bijutsu-kan Ko-ryu was at the regular monthly meeting of the NBTHK...

Okanehira and Ko-Ryu Kagemitsu

What is it about Tachi that attracts you? -t

Signed katana-me without Tachi koshirae so not clear why the seller is calling this a Tachi...

More snippets from last year... https://www3.nhk.or....emand/video/4001416/

a neat doc with video from last year... https://www3.nhk.or....emand/video/3022030/

Sanjo Munechika's pond Bukko-ji Sanjo Munechika's mansion - Kaji-jinja in Kaji-machi Sanjo Munechika's well - in front of the Chioin gate Inariyama Yakima-mizu (another well) - Fushimi-ku Fukakusa Rai Kuniyuki's home - Muko-jinja Awataguchi Yoshimitsu's "Yoshimizu" well - Bentendo Kurama-dera - several smiths forged outside the gate Horikawa Kunihiro's yakiba-mizu - Hataeda jinja Tanba no kami Yoshimichi's grave - Saiho-ji Mishina Naomichi's grave - Dairyu-ji, Yamashina-ku I recommend Fukunaga Suiken's Toko Iseki meguri 330 sen - a perfect traveling com pinion if you're into this sort of thing... -t

So were you in Kaji-machi? Have you seen all the Sanjo Munechika sites? I have a good listing, -t

Looking for vintage Japanese Horse tack - saddles, stirrups, reins, cruppers and especially saddle pads - in usable condition museum quality not a must. Contact me by responding here, via PM or email. -t

Awesome!

Edo - deeper curve and broader in the monouchi is a sign of later manufacture...

Jussi Please do some "tweaking" and post your powerpoint to the articles page after you do. Love that Masazane... -t

Bizen (no) Kuni Osafune Ju - the rest should be on the other side...

I think you would find eager buyers right here on this forum... -t

Yet another tale of Musashi I know - my teacher always taught us that he preferred this design as it was the absolute minimum for getting the job done (Hand stop) and he could easily show students his hands and what they were doing... -t

Sad news indeed.

Japanese Polearms by Knutsen Nihon no Meiso by Numata

Colin - Those are not hitsu but part of the design. There are cut outs to the seppadai to accomodate kozuka and kogai and they may be later. It is of average size, I would say it was for a katana... -t

Welcome Alexi - do consider joining us for a sword club meeting when you have the time... -t

for 2500 I would buy it in a heart beat... What doesn't show in the photos is all the work in the odawara fukurin - textbook work dripping with the tea-taste of the age of Daimyo. I would say it got Juyo for its workmanship and condition plus the context of its manufacture but not because of it. for comparison JÛYÔ TSUBA BY HIRATA HIKOZÔ 平田彦三 080819 - NIHONTO -t