Stephen Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 I cant trans the mei, and glad I have touch screen laptop....looks good from what I can tell Quote
Stephen Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 lol right in front of me, trying too hard to see tree for the forest!! Quote
cabowen Posted July 21, 2014 Report Posted July 21, 2014 Very neat presentation blade by Yasushige of the Yasukuni Jinja. I posted an example without mekugiana here a few weeks ago...funny to see another! Quote
w.y.chan Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Posted July 22, 2014 Very neat presentation blade by Yasushige of the Yasukuni Jinja. I posted an example without mekugiana here a few weeks ago...funny to see another! Yes indeed. Were these ever presented without being mounted? Without mekugiana technically it cannot be a sword? Wah Quote
cabowen Posted July 22, 2014 Report Posted July 22, 2014 Very neat presentation blade by Yasushige of the Yasukuni Jinja. I posted an example without mekugiana here a few weeks ago...funny to see another! Yes indeed. Were these ever presented without being mounted? Without mekugiana technically it cannot be a sword? Wah I have seen blades presented to shrines and temples that were mounted without mekugi(ana). It is still a sword, it just can't be used.... Quote
george trotter Posted July 22, 2014 Report Posted July 22, 2014 I wonder why the mei is placed below where the mekugi ana would go...all the other pics and oshigata I have seen of his, the mei is high, above the ana. Having said that, I just looked up Tom Kishida's 'Yasukuni Swords' p.67 and there is another like this by Yasunobu...also no ana and also mei below the place where the ana would go and also signed "Kinsaku" and also 18th year (but 5th month). It looks like there may have been a requirement for presentation swords by Yasukuni tosho to some temple? Interesting...what does the accompanying info say about it Wah? Regards, Quote
cabowen Posted July 22, 2014 Report Posted July 22, 2014 Yasukuni blades made for presentation are signed with "kin saku" and the mei is placed low on the nakago as a form of humility. 1 Quote
Peter Bleed Posted July 22, 2014 Report Posted July 22, 2014 I have seen blades presented to shrines and temples that were mounted without mekugi(ana). It is still a sword, it just can't be used.... Can they be registered? Peter Quote
w.y.chan Posted July 22, 2014 Author Report Posted July 22, 2014 Interesting...what does the accompanying info say about it Wah? Regards, Expensive, about 2.5x more than normal for this smith and it is standard WW2 length in shirasaya, no mount. I've been told a sword is only "born" after the ana is symbolically made onto the tang as in a spiritual context. Of course we all know it is a sword Wah Quote
cabowen Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 Interesting...what does the accompanying info say about it Wah? Regards, Expensive, about 2.5x more than normal for this smith and it is standard WW2 length in shirasaya, no mount. I've been told a sword is only "born" after the ana is symbolically made onto the tang as in a spiritual context. Of course we all know it is a sword Wah Most smiths will tell you that a sword is "born" during yaki-ire.... Quote
Stephen Posted July 23, 2014 Report Posted July 23, 2014 Most smiths will tell you that a sword is "born" during yaki-ire.... like button Quote
w.y.chan Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Posted July 23, 2014 The absent of the ana, as Chris pointed out, is so that the sword cannot be use and often found in swords that is dedicated to shrines. Even adding the ana will imply an intention for it to function as a sword should in practical term which can also mean the potential to take a life and while suitable for a Samurai it may not be fit for a shrine which symbolises purity. This sword is more interesting than just an Onkashito is that it may have been a shrine offering. Wah Quote
w.y.chan Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Posted July 23, 2014 Can they be registered?Peter I read a Japanese article somewhere that a well known decease smith left a few swords without ana and another smith took the task of drilling the ana before selling them on. Wah Quote
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