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Hi, I bought an Aoe sword a from hime without any problems. Conversation in English was no problem. Micha

Hi Dan, Thanks but I can't open the link. Micha Edit: Link fixed - Admin

Hi, I'm looking for some information on the Hoju school (Mutsu). Can anuone help me . Micha

Hi, There's a Aoe Sadatsugu for sale at Aoi-art . It's the same sword I posted before. He sold it once before. Micha

Hi, Bicchu Koku ju Sadatsugu.Oan 2nen 2gatsu-hi.(February, 1369). This blade was made by Sadatsugu in Nanbokucho period. 
He was a son of Aoe Suketsugu. At first his signature was Morisada.
And after, his signature changed to Sadatsugu.
 Micha

Dear Darcy, When I said the boshi is not typical Motoshige I meant that it wouldn't let me think about this smith because it's not 'common' for him. Obviously my kantei was wrong. No big deal. Sorry to post some oshigata that I found in my books of Motoshige and Den-Motoshige to enjoy the members and share some information about this smith. And about the question 'is there more than one generation ?' : I wanted to start a discussion and hoped that some members gave their own opinion about it BUT now that you have said that nobody knows unless you have a timemachine, the discussion ends. If we can't discuss different opinions about history than what's the use of reading about it. Dear Darcy history is like a Japanese sword it changes if you change the angle from where you're looking at it. And if you ask my opinion about anything that concerns history (including anything that have been written about Motoshige), I don't believe anything, I just have an opinion. Greetings Micha

Hi, CONTICO guncase model 5224 is very good. You can find some second hands on following site for $35 http://mofbody.com/forums/viewtopic.php ... 49&start=0 Micha

The question should be : Is it an old (ko-motoshige) or a late Motoshige ? Is there more than one generation ? Greetings Micha Fujishiro: MOTOSHIGE OSAFUNE [KENMU 1334 BIZEN] CHKOTO JOJOSAKU He is the son of Osafune Morishige, he is considered to be the older brother of Shigezane, and has the G of kura no Suke. The two people, the older Rai Motoshige, and the Motoshige who was one of the three disciples of Sadamune, are made out to be separate persons, but the denial of the three disciples of Sadamune is for the same reason as that of the ten disciples of Masamune. The older Motoshige is seen as being of the early period, and is thought to have been rather a senpai. The reason the styles of the earlier Motoshige and the Motoshige after Kenmu are different are due to the changes of the times. His works can be seen covering a time span of over fifty years, from Kagen to Enbun and Jji, and the long life of Motoshige is the subject of legends. Accurate proof cannot be offered from the point of records for during the kot period, but during the shint period, there are many records of kaji with long working lives of fifty or sixty years. The works of this smith include many tachi, hamon is sugu saka-gokoro ashi iri, and there are some with nokogiri ha, gonome choji nado. Also, there are takenokozori (musori) tant, and when he reached his later years, he also made sakizori tant, and there are also nagamaki. (Saij wazamono)

And some more. Greetings Micha

Hi all, Here some oshigata's from motoshige to compare. Have fun. Micha

Boshi is not typical motoshige. Micha

Beste Maarten, In Antwerpen hebben wij een maandelijkse bijeenkomst van de Nihonto club Belgium. Er zijn steeds zwaarden aanwezig om het thema te ondersteunen. In september gaat het over hataraki de volgende maanden gaat het over Hada, Hizen, Yamato etc.... Lidgeld kost 30€/ jaar, hiervoor ontvangt u ook het verslag omtrent Hataraki en Hada (46 pagina's) (zie vb foto). Voor meer info kan u mij bereiken via baudenelle@hotmail.com Groeten, Micha hada hataraki 13.pdf

Hi, The Masa character below is the one I meant when I said 'with some fantasy'. Like you can see you need a lot of fantasy. The first generation is the only one who signed this way. The second picture shows the more usual way.

Hi again, Here's signature of a genuine second generation Yari (sold by Darcy).Even if you don't see to the details you notice that it feels stronger. M.

Dear Mariusz, I've seen many signatures of this smith and yours doesn't look like it at all. If you have much fantasy you can say the Masa character looks like a first generation. But even with this fantasy you can't say the MURA character is genuine. Read the article again. OR .... maybe there's a generation I haven't seen yet. Looks like a nice yari. Greetings, Micha

Dear Mariusz, It's a gimei like most swords signed Muramasa. Can we see some pictures of the Yari. Greetings Micha

Hi, Can anyone help me with the exact translation of every kanji? Thanks, Micha.

Hi, Can anyone help me with this mei. Yoroi doshi. THX, Micha

These items are recently stolen from a deceased club member of us. (BELGIUM, Antwerp) Please contact me if someone offers some of these items to you. Please put these pictures on your website or spread them by mail. Sorry, no better pictures available. Thanks, Micha

and the tsuba.... If someone is the lucky owner of the katana from this daisho pair, please contact me. Greetings Micha

And some more pictures.....

Hi, Here's a wakizashi koshirae from a daisho pair. Tsuba asd Kozuka made by Omori Teruhide, Fuchi Kashirae and menuki made by Iwamoto Konkan. (Owner is my friend Wilem Dolphyn). I'M LOOKING FOR THE KATANA koshirae to complete the Daisho. Greetings Micha

These are all mei that I found from Kuniyasu. M.

Hi all, Thanks for your opinions. I thought the same. But the sword looks really like a Horikawa and the it's a high class koshirae from Omori Teruhide and Iwamoto Konkan (wakizashi from a daisho pair, still looking for the missing katana). Greetings Michael

Hi, I'm looking for some oshigata's or pictures of mei of Horikawa Kuniyasu. I need them to figure out if this mei (see pictures) is a genuine Kuniyasu signature. Description: KUNIYASU wakizashi (probably of a daisho pair) SUGATA Shinogi zukuri Iori mune Chu-kissaki Nagasa 50,2 cm Sori 1,1 cm Motohaba 2,9 cm Sakihaba 2,0 cm Kasane 0,6 cm Nakago kasane 0,7 cm Nakago 14,2cm Kissaki 3,3 cm JITETSU Ko-itame, ji-nie, 1 tobiyaki. Beautiful hada. HAMON Hamon is notare mixed with gunome. Nioiguchi is thick and vivid. Habuchi is coverd with ko-nie and streaks of sunagashi. Fine kinsuji. BOSHI Ko-maru with kaeri. Hakikake. NAKAGO 1 mekugi ana 14,2 cm Mune is ko-maru with gyaku sujikai yasurime Yasurime is gyaku sujikai Ha hagiri kurijiri Mei ‘Kuniyasu’, large character on the shinogi line Thanks Micha