nanako fuchi & koshira

[1tallsword]

Hello folks, I recently purchased a koto tachi and i thought i would share the Tsuka, fuchi koshira set. the fuchi is signed and has been translated to yokotani hidesho hanamura naomasa motome ni-ojite can anyone confirm this? , ive double checked and seems kosher. also does anyone have any info on this smith? I have had no luck. here are some pics of the set, very fine detail, they are way more impressive in hand, my camera is not the best, I am not the best at taking pics either :lol: comments welcome and i hope i can get some answers on this, cheers and thank you in advance for all your time folks.

[1tallsword]

last one.

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Jeremy,

 

The fittings & menuki look very well made. Itomaki looks good, too! Very, very nice.

 

Regards,

Hoanh

[Brian]

Oooh. Wow.

Those are beautiful. Look at the quality of the nanako. Lovely set, you should be proud of them. A soft damp toothbrush should work wonders on cleaning them.

Nicely signed too.

 

Brian

[1tallsword]

thank you both for your kind comments, Brian, do you have any info on smith or idea when this smith was active or give me a lead where to look :D also you say damp toothbrush to clean, what should i use to dampen it? thank you this is good info... cheers

[1tallsword]

did a quick search and used an old soft toothbrush with warm water..WOW! the results were tremendous.. thank you brian for the hint, cheers.

[Ludolf Richter]

Left side:Yokoya Terukiyo + Kao,probably the Nidai (H 09580).Let the experts translate the right side.Ludolf

[1tallsword]

thank you for your time ludolf, im going to post in translation section, see if i get a little more action, cheers