oli

Hi, for sale is nice Gendaito from Hizen Masatsugu. It has no stamps and was made on request. Signature: Hizen (no) Kuni Masatsugu kitau kore, made by request for Minoru Tsutsui, koki ni sen roku haiku san nen ichi gatsu hi (a day 1st month 2603 years Japanese Empire = January 1943) Nagasa: 66.4 cm (Ubuha) Nakago: 21.4 cm (Ubu) Sori: 16.5 mm Moto-haba: 31.3 mm Moto-kasane: 7.8 mm (Iori-mune) Price: SOLD there are 2 small damages in the Ha, hard to see and hard to make a pictures some infos about the smith: MASATSUGU (正次), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Saga – “Hizen no Kuni Masatsugu” (肥前国正次), “Hizen no Kuni Karatsu-jū Masatsugu” (肥前国唐津住正次), real name Taguchi Kiichi (田口喜一), born July 28th 1904, he forged swords from about 1935 onwards and studied under Kurihara Akihide (栗原昭秀), he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, jōko no jōi (Akihide), Second Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941) Also look on the download section, there is wonderful PDF about this smith. The reason i am selling it, because i switch my collection to another direction. If you have a question don't hesitate to ask me via message. Thanks Oli

Hi Peter, please be aware of the costs. You will never get back the money, if you sell the sword. I could be easier if you in the USA. I would suggest to only choose a shirasaya, Oli

some old Aoiart sells: https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-hosyu-takada-jyu-fujiwara-yukinaga/ https://www.aoijapan.net/katana-hoshu-takada-ju-fujiwara-yukinaga/

For which information are you looking for?

You can find some information about Fujiwara Takada school in Shinto-shi from Markus Sesko.

i don't think this is a Mei, it looks for me like a Horimono and that this sword was greatly shortened.

Akihide is more than double of the price of this showato. But yes Gendaito in generell there are a price falling.

i mean VAT, sorry

Import tax is about 20%. Without this board i wouldn't startet collecting Nihonto, because i can get blades here for a fair price.

all European dealers have this pricing. They buy in Japan and USA and sell with double of the price.

Don't look like Koto, i would guess Shinto, influenced by Mino. Where are different generations of Kanemichi.

it's from a shop: https://kyodaioriginals.nl/shop/

Interesting Habaki... the blade needs a polish and complete restoration of the Koshiara. Do you want to invest some thousands Euro for restoration?

intersting article about Jifu http://www.ksky.ne.jp./~sumie99/jinie.html#JIFU

The best would be you fly to Japan and test some swords. Where are a lot of dealers who have Iaido ready swords. And all swords are suitable for cutting.

we have one in EU: https://www.japanartfair.com The way is simple, learn, look, observe and then buy

I think ebay/cata/yahoo, are not the best way to buy Nihonto.

Kanemoto, Mino-mono, Muromachi i guess. O-Suriage and not the best condition. Why do you want to buy via Jauce? Where are a lot of offers from nice blades from members in EU here in the sales section, or make a thread in wanted to buy And the other question is what are you looking for?

Also a good reference is Shinto-Shi from Sesko.

The blade seems from Kunishige line from Bitchu. In the text are some hints to Bitchu line: Could be this one,from Sesko: KUNISHIGE (国重), Shōhō (正保, 1644-1648), Bitchū – “Bitchū no Kuni Mizuta-jū Ōtsuki Ichizō Kunishige” (備中国水田住大月市蔵国重), real name Ōtsuki Ichizō (大月市蔵), younger brother of the 5th gen. Kunishige, he signed first with Kuniyoshi (国吉) and received on the 15th day of the twelfth month Shōhō two (1645) the honorary title Yamashiro no Daijō (山城大掾), he also worked in Inoo (猪尾), in Matsuyama Castle (松山城), in Azae, and in Edo, there exist gassaku works with Tameie (為家), after te death of the 5th gen., he raised his own son-in-law to become the successor and 6th gen. of the main line, jō-saku could also be: KUNISHIGE (国重), Jōkyō (貞享, 1684-1688), Bitchū – “Yamashiro no Daijō Minamoto Kunishige” (山城大掾源国重), real name Ōtsuki Denshichirō (大月伝七郎), student of Ichizō Kunishige (市蔵国重), he also worked in Edo and in Tsuyama (津山) in Mimasaka province, itame mixed with mokume, notare, gunome-midare the first one is higher rated.

i don´t think the koshiara is from a chinese replica.

The nakago, the sugata, the length tends to gendai, but without signature i don't think you or we come closer to a result. Only a shinsa in Japan may help, or you can bring it to Utrecht to let some experts have a look on it: https://www.japanartfair.com/program/

For me it looks like Gendai (wartime) from Seki

My plan is to come saturday and sunday. Would be nice to meet some new people. Maybe appointment Saturday evening in Pub? Maybe a local can help?

I wasn't thinking about about a exhibitor table, more like a table in the coffeeroom, or something like that.