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In 24 hours I will give the anwser. But I recommend another long and close look at the photos. Uwe G.

Hi Chris, don´t worry about your question. I already work an a very long explanation. Uwe G.

Okay, Spoiler alert! I wanted to give the correct answer next Tuesday. But since you have asked.... Uwe G. Edit Admin......no no no...not yet

In the upper left corner are some arrows. Downsize the pic and you can see the number. Uwe G.

Dear members, Please, dont take this too serious. It is an experiment and I just want to see, if it is possible to show the quality of a blade in a single photo. When you click on the link a site will open. Click on the square in the upper left corner and you will see a part of a blade in full screen. Wait a few seconds and the arrows on the left and right will disappear. With those arrows you can navigate. And now the game. The name of the game is: Find the Tokubetso Juyo token! This is no kantei. You don´t need to put a name on the sword (only if you like). Just give me a number. And you can make comments: “Paperweight!” ,“Letter opener” or “Paul Chen!”, if you like something or not… 22 different blades. https://www.nihontophoto.com/galerie Have fun and I will give the answer next week. Uwe G.

As far as I remember it was 1220 -1240. That´s enough for the moment because I want to play a game in the next future. Uwe G.

Sorry, forgot an explanation: 1 = Iga no Kami Rai Kinmichi; 2 = Ko-Bizen; 3 = Rai Kunimtsu Uwe G.

A few more. With the komaru against the omaru from Paul. Uwe G.

Dear Krystian, You are not alone. Uwe G.

This is a blade from the Ott collection, inscribed Hankei. The blade never came to the auction. Two possibilities, first one: the blade were stolen. The other one: no one knew, what it was and so they threw the blade away. Uwe G.

The daisho with the blue glass, I think the katana is a Daido and the waki a Yamato Shizu. Uwe G.

Iesuke is correct. Since it is only slightly suriage my guess would be at least bijutsu-hin. One katana by Magoroku Kanemoto and a wakizashi by Nobunaga. And the tsuba are also impressive: 2 Matashichi, Ko Katchushi, Hirata Hikozo and Rakuju. One mitikoromono is Goto (7. master?). Uwe G.

At the moment there is a small but fine exhibition in Vienna. Only a few swords and tsuba. But high end. Don´t miss it! https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/ausstellungen/die-eleganz-der-hosokawa/ Uwe G.

Just a few words once again from my side: The meeting was well attended and very interesting. First of all I want to say Thank you to the Hypo Kunsthalle and the staff there. We were allowed to hold our meeting there for free. So Thanks to the director Dr. Roger Diederen, Dr. Nerina Santorius and Ms. von Teuffenbach. Since we wanted to see the collection Barbier-Mueller our meeting didn´t take long. You could see a katana by Gassan Sadakazu. A juyo blade and the youngest juyo blade ever (from 1906). A Sadamune utsushi. And a daisho by Gassan Sadakatsu made in the year 1933 as a gift for the newborn emperor. The blades were a tachi and a tanto. A daisho pair of tsuba were displayed by Kyozan Mitsunaka. You can find pictures and a description in Token Bijutsu No. 746; March 2019. But in my opinion the photos are photoshopped to death. Especially when you had the chance to see the photos and the originals side by side. Uwe G. The meeting: https://www.nihontophoto.com/nbthk-treffen-18-05-2019 Barbier-Mueller: https://www.nihontophoto.com/barbier-mueller

The reason why Chris was in Munich. And it was a pleasure to meet you. Uwe G.

Thank you for the quick answer. That will help me in the future. Uwe G.

Hi, I found this tsuba and was wondering why would someone stamp those words in the rim. Just a joke or has it a deeper meaning? Uwe G

Whee laff onlie in te baissmentt. Uwe G.

Dear Paul, no way that the Yukimitsu finds it´s way to you. Mine! And if Santa brings me something like the other one.... Uwe G.

This goes more off topic than expected. But I hope Grev and all the others will forgive me. Dear George, You are a lucky man! Because you had the chance to make some wonderful photos from the Umetada Misutada tsuba: http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/books/b1014-kokusai-tosogu-kai-15th-international-convention-2019 I only had the chance for snapshots. Like the photographer in the photo. 5 shots, 4 blurrish. And if you have no chance to control the light you must go a different way. That means retouching. Just the major steps... Uwe G.

This is where I disagree. Sunlight is too bright. In your photo you can see an area that is called in german "ausgefranste Lichter". No color, no details. And so I try to avoid sunlight. I work in the shadows. And so a quick shot of mine. Uwe G.

Dear all, I have here a pair fuchi/kashira. Signed Hamano Naoyuki. I have the information that I can find this pair in the "Naunton collection" Nr. 1528. Does anyone have further informations? Thank you! Uwe G.

Unfortunatelly this is the only one. Uwe G.

That´s why! You can find a few impressions from the last meeting here: https://www.nihontophoto.com/nbthk-treffen-16-03-2019 Uwe G.

Okay, maybe not what you expected..... Uwe G.