echoe Posted August 11, 2017 Report Posted August 11, 2017 I looked at several pieces at the san fran show that the seller referred to as "chocolate", with a nice medium-brown finish. I thought he used a Japanese word for the term, which is I believe, is a Umetada piece. I looked for the term for "chocolate" in the context of sword fitting but could not find a definition. tom Quote
echoe Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Posted August 11, 2017 Looked up Koumugiiro. "Coca brown"so you at least got close. Although Japanese is the most confusing language I've came into contact with. I'll post fotos when it gets here. tom Quote
John A Stuart Posted August 11, 2017 Report Posted August 11, 2017 Haaaaaa! Funny typo. Cocoa brown. I believe 'coca' is white. John Quote
Guido Posted August 11, 2017 Report Posted August 11, 2017 The word you're looking for is probably yōkan 羊羹, which actually is jellied sweets made of red bean paste; it's one of the terms used to describe a tsuba's color. 7 Quote
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