Justin

Thanks Luca. I noticed this tsuba for sale with a paper from 2016. This says Yoshiro. i see my tsuba as more ‘Yoshiro’ compared to this one. Perhaps NBTHK has had a change of policy and only assign Heianjo Zogan now?

Hi everyone, Hope you’re having a great day. i submitted the below tsuba to shinsa recently and it received Tokubetsu Hozon with a ‘Heianjo Zogan’ attribution. I thought it might come back as Yoshiro (or more optimistically Yoshiro Naomasa). https://tosogucollec...heianjo-zogan-tsuba/ I know Yoshiro is a branch of Heianjo, however would there be a reason the NBTHK stopped at just Heianjo? Thanks in advance for any feedback. Justin

Hoping someone can assist to translate this TH paper. Thanks in advance.

Arigatou gozaimasu Moriyama san.

Can anyone read the two characters after Goto on this old green paper. Thanks for your help.

Hi Piers, Hope you’re well. Unfortunately I cannot see the link. I receive an error. Can you please repost this. Thanks

Not exactly upcycling, more re-purposing an old printer’s cabinet and adding a display box to the top. Now all I have to do is fill it up 😊

Thanks very much Gentlemen.

Also this one. Any idea of the title? Thanks

Does anyone know the name of this book?

Hi Dale, I have this book and pages 246 and 248 are missing from my copy too. Must be a printing/numbering error. Cheers Justin

Thanks for posting this Mauro. Interesting to see the Shonai attribution. My tsuba is not papered, however it is almost identical to the one from Ginza Choshuya (in the picture above). I cannot read the description, so not sure if this mentions a paper or whether the Akita Shoami attribution is just this dealer’s view. Cheers Justin

Akita Shoami school

Good guess, but not Shonai