uwe
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Maybe “江府住栄清” (Kōfu Jū Eisei)?
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It’s allegedly the date this kind of leather was once introduced…
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Interesting interpretation,Piers! I wasn’t aware of this. So the red/white piping is not fusegumi in a common sense?!
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Any resources on the proper way to pack an armor into its box?
uwe replied to fleetinbeing's topic in Katchu
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Chris, unfortunately I can’t tell when fusegumi (伏組) or jabara-ito (蛇腹糸) came into fashion. These “cords” were usually used to cover the butt edges between different e-gawa, as you might know…
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Hello and welcome, James! Very nice gunbai you have, but I guess not imperial. The mon is probably “丸に中陰九葉菊” (nine petal chrysanthemum in a ring), rather unusual for the imperial family. Can you please take a picture that also covers the right column of the inscription completely?! It’s a date, but the top kanji is missing.
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Very well done 👍 What do you mean with “when was this trim introduced”?
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Right: 大號 (large size) Mid: 昭和十三年製 (made 1938) Left: 本廠檢定 (factory inspected?) Not sure about the red ones…
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The description is right. One can argue if iyozane or wide kozane, but that is insignificant, I think.
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“関兼秀造之” (Seki Kanehide kore o tsukuru)
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Hmm, found this combo “哉彫” in Markus Meikan ....”髷道人哉彫鐫” (Kyoku-dōjin kore o chōsen). Admittedly have some problems interpreting this translation for several reasons
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Just found 哉 but no reference, as well…
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Right side seems “癸巳十月” (mizunotomi jūgatsu). Left side maybe “心口周” (彫?)…struggling with the second character at the moment.
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Mine is also signed on the left...
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Some, almost identical looking, with this signature are still around. I own one as well, mounted on a katana…. Very plain, but the iron is quite good. A “serial production”?
