Sydney NTHK shinsa and Taikai March 2009

[Adrian S]

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT NTHK SHINSA

Sydney Australia 20TH to 22ND March 2009

 

 

The Sydney Token Kai study group is pleased to announce a NTHK Shinsa and Japanese Sword and Kodogu Show (taikai) to be held at Darling Harbour, Sydney Australia, 20th to 22nd March 2009.

 

The NTHK shinsa fee structure has been finalized and will be

Swords: submission A$100, pass A$100

Koshirae: submission A$100, pass A$100

Fittings: submission A$50 , pass A$100

 

Volunteers are presenting the taikai from the Sydney Token Kai with help from other collectors from Australia and New Zealand. The taikai will consist of educational events, dealer’s room and an auction for Legacy. Legacy is a charity that raises funds to support the widows and children of deceased Australian war veterans. In addition all proceeds above the running cost of the taikai will be donated to Legacy.

 

At this time we are preparing the educational content and would like to hear from those amongst the nihonto scholarly community who would like to be involved and share their knowledge. The organizers can be contacted on info@sydneytokenkai.com .

 

So far we are grateful for the commitment from some eminent members of the nihonto community. Dr. Gordon Robson, director of the NTHK will be presenting a seminar and display on Ko-Kinko and Ko-Goto fittings as well as a display of important koshirae. Sword polisher and acknowledged expert on nihonto for over 50 year, Bob Benson will be presenting the development of the Tanto from Heian to late Edo period. The Sydney Token Kai will be presenting important swords and fittings from Australian and New Zealand collections and will host a Sword etiquette class. We are looking at adding more content to fill two full days of education. Once all the details have been finalized, including hotel location and booking procedures the website will be finished and uploaded to http://www.sydneytokenkai.com . A further announcement will be made at that time.

 

Please feel free to copy and paste this announcement to other message boards and forums where the members may find this of interest.

 

Adrian S

[Stephen]

Congrats to all the mates downunder, good show

[Brian]

Brilliant news Adrian!

I am sure there will be a lot of Australian collectors very happy right now. Sounds like a great event. This gives me some hope that maybe oneday in the far future I will be able to organise a shinsa here in SA.

Keep us updated. I am sure the slots are going to be fully booked in no time at all.

 

Brian

[Adrian S]

G'day Stephen and Brian,

 

Thank you both for your encouragement. Brian, It's a short flight to Oz from SA you know, didn't you always want to see Sydney?? :D We are very excited here and just from conversations with the serious collectors around the country I can say that over 50% of the slots were tentatively spoken for before we announced. I do have to thank Gordon Robson, Michral Cummins and Richard Turner among others for giving this project a huge push along to get it approved. I'm sure the Sydney guys will do an excellent job and it will be a great success.

 

Adrian S

[David Flynn]

As a member of the Sydney Token Kai Study Group, I would just like to thank Adrian for all the work he has done thus far. I'm sure this Shinsa and Taikai will be a huge success. I would also like to thank , the NTHK, Dr Gordon Robson, Richard Turner, Bob Benson and the Sydney Token Kai Study Group and other Australian collectors, who have already supported this project.