Annoying Mei

[kissakai]

Hi
I know I'm going to kick myself for not getting this mei
RH side *go?

 

 

Grev UK

[Jussi Ekholm]

Looks to me it could be 越前記内 Echizen Kinai. Do you have larger picture as the quality is very low?

[kissakai]

Hi Jussi

You are just too kind, now it's so obvious I mentally did kick myself

One of the most common makers with an equally common school

 

It was a tsuba on ebay that I was looking at so I was looking for a quick answer

The tsuba is not very good

 

I looked in Sesko's book but can't see a decent match

 

 

Grev UK

 

[Stephen]

Grev please dont be hard on your self, once (im sure the old timers will get a kick out of this) I was asking Condell Sensei in translating some mei if Fujiwara was yoshihiro...LOL...it was so in my face i was making something out of a elementary name...he never let me live it down...often passing my table with a mock bow "Fujiwara san"....i grin at my blunder to today. Sometimes the obvious is to close to your face.

[Bazza]

FUJIWARA SAN - I love it.  A wonderful insight into Cary Condell's sense of humour.  I get the occasional similar reminder from my collecting mates...  Thanks for this delightful snippet that made my morning.

 

BaZZa.

[kissakai]

Hi

Nice to see others have had a similar experience

When I was training in Kendo one very eminent kendoka decided to buy some tenagui (the head 'scarf' worn under the helmet) which he wore in a Japanese Kendo competition

Only to find out later he had worn a fundoshi a Japanese undergarment

I hope decided not to reveal his name but I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I did

The same person in his prime came up against some old Kendo masters (this was his first training session in Japan)

He commented to his friends that he was going to have some fun with these 'wrinklies' as they were so old and slow

                                                                                 I don't think I need to say what happened next

He kept us amused for ages with his stories

 

 

Grev