lonely panet Posted May 19, 2013 Report Posted May 19, 2013 Greetings all, I know its nothing to do with nihonto but I have a cigarette case that has a stylized mei that has got me better of me. can any one help with it?? normally I have no problems with gunto mei's, which can be tricky but john sloughs book hasn't helped me yet regards Hamish Quote
k morita Posted May 21, 2013 Report Posted May 21, 2013 Hi, 美 隼 作 (Made by Mihaya or Yoshitoshi) Quote
lonely panet Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Posted May 22, 2013 thank you kindly Morita, I did think the last charictor was SAKU but didn't want to look silly once again, thankyou I can now look to see when it was hopefully made regards Hamish Quote
Ford Hallam Posted May 22, 2013 Report Posted May 22, 2013 Late Meiji to Taisho period. Fairly classic tourist item. Pretty decent quality. The most common variety of work in this genre was produced by the Komai Company of Kyoto. Top pieces reaching 10's of thousands of pounds at auction today. Quote
lonely panet Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Posted May 23, 2013 Thank you very much Ford, I was getting no were trying to find any info in the web. I picked this piece up at a antique fair and I know I paid too much( AU$350) but I really wanted it. its kind of funny tho, im collecting swords from that period now. how very odd thankyou again Ford and Morita for your help, its helped me a lot. regards Hamish Quote
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