Tohagi

I can although provide a close up of any sword you wish!

@Lewis B You are absolutely right! My mystake. Do you wish another name or the last pictures may be significative enough? One is very caracteristic and the other almost out. Let me know... Best regards, Éric VD

2,3,4

You guys are impressive! Here better picture of the 3,4,5,6

2,3,4 the first have a bad angle, I'll provide à better picture...

3,4,5,6

Hello everybody, Here some (bad pictures) I took at Nijojo Castel. I suggest a little challenge finding Who is Who from the top 1 to the bottom 6, I'll put futher picture to help finishing with nakago... You will have to find which one is masamume, muramasa, nagazone kotetsu, Ikkansai Shigetsugu, and a last mystery one you have to find (extra point). Maybe easy for some, maybe educational or fun for others. I will give the rate of correct by MP, as many trys as you like. Hope you'll enjoy...

Thank you very very much! I'll put a picture in 3 month, when it get at home. Kind regards, Eric

Hello, Here you have an Hozon paper for a Bizen kuni ju osafune kyomitsu, but I not able to translate the date on the meï. Could you help me? Many thanks Éric VD Ps: sorry for the picture orientation, I'm far from home and my computer. Best regards EVD

There's à flaw in the kissaki IMO, The hamon is runing out the ha... But your impression of good sugata is shared! Best regards, Éric VD

My two cents... (Whithout warranty from the governement)... Around the surender, when Mac Arthur was governor of the Japan, there was an Edit that force the Japanese to give up the swords (to breack nationalist spirit), many where family swords and the owners were allowed to keep the koshirae ( many full koshirae are untouched and papered since). This could had a reason to all above. I personally noted tsukas with two mekugi ana in the same, the first filled with rice paper, and modified sayas... Some modifications were antiques !... Best regards, Éric VD

It's a nice tanto, and it is complet. The mountings are matching but have been cleaned. In an (good) auction in France you could expect 1.500€ undependently of the meï ( the blade is good looking). If it could be kotetsu, you can add a 0 or more. Be carefull, an action is a very "emotional" deal and you'll have fees. It's just my opinion without hiden thoughts and I can be very far from a fair prince. Hope this could help... Éric VD

Hi, That's a good question, I Nevers counted... that's probably a sign of guiltyness. I probably have a dozen tsubas, but only a few papered and maybe only two high rank. ...almost nothing compared to Spartancrest. Best regards, Éric VD

Sorry, I strictely respect the no picture rule, so I can't show you the exhibit tokay (onbo day). Most swords are shownd ha down, to show public the meï, but in that way you can't appreciate hamon. IMO 2 very beautifull nihonto only, a wonderfull tanto and the Sadamune. Éric VD

They changes the expo for the summer. Onlyvcabinet 5 and 6 at second floor and 13.1 &2 at rdc. 15 swords overall, nonne national treasure. A desaster IMO. Saw better pièces at Ginza Seiyudo... Kind regards, Éric VD

I was at the NMT this afternoon for the first time.... so disappointed. I cross alf the world to see the great Yasutsuna's Dojigiri, and it wasn't there. Very few swords in reality, 2 or 3 great swords only counting an over the top Sadamune... Overall, the descriptions and the lightening where so poor... I don't understand... Best regards Éric VD

I pass this evening at Shinobazu, I had a thought for him, I burned some encens sticks and drink a beer to his memory. Hope he would have loved that... it was a very joyfull and peacefull evening in Tokyo.

That's quite a big name in Soshu, the hamon could match...the bohi is unusual in this kind of works. I hope you this will be a good attribution, it will be very interesting to study. Best regards, Eric

Realy a terrible news! Is this info reliable? Sad regards, Éric VD

Very nice and the opening estimation is a bargain... Kind regards, Éric VD

Mino den ? Kind regards, Éric VD

This one is very close in shape! How thick it is? Best regards Éric VD

By the way, did anone know à good nihonto Shop in Matsumoto, or is it only à tourist trap? Best regards, Éric VD

If it is from a koto school, it could be Hasebe, Shiga, Sue Soshu or Sue Bizen... after, at muromachie, styles copies each other, this hitatsura seems particular... could be Hiroyoshi? Difficult to guess without full pics... Did the seller gives you an attribution or only the era ? Best regards, Éric VD

I think I was 26 or 27, it was a wakisashi attributed to Kongobey Moritaka in red urushi meï.... I offer it as a gift to a 10th dan hanshi who was my friend and master. He died 10 years ago. Best regards, Éric VD