mareo1912 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 Dear members, I came across a very nice blade that really makes me adore it, but I could use some additional information about mei and the description as my usual translating tries did not work at all and I still did not have the time to get better with Japanese. Also, your thoughts on the blade would be highly appreciated. Thank you very much for every help! Marco 1 Quote
CSM101 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 Well, the signature reads "Minamoto Kiyomaro" 清麿展 Uwe G. Quote
mywei Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 Looks like to its off buyee or something. Description claims blade to be returned from overseas after several decades.... suggest to take with grain of salt Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 Very big name, treat as gimei. 1 Quote
vajo Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 The blade looks very good. Kunitaro told me, look at the blade first. Is it well forged, look at the signature. A ferrari sign on a beetle never fits. I would say that blade looks like a ferrari Quote
CSM101 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 You have a blade with a BIG name on it, It is polished and you have a description in Japanese. How high are the chances, that the blade were never showed to an expert, when you can make a real deal? So, with Occams razor: gimei. Uwe G. Quote
Ray Singer Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 My gut feeling is that we are looking at a shinsakuto, but a well-made one. 5 Quote
seattle1 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 Hello: I agree with Ray. After searching the Sano Museum monograph on Kiyomaro celebrating the 200th Anniversary of his birth one finds a number of examples and rather close mei. I don't understand the trotting out the imagined power of Occams (sic) razor on this Board from time to time, intended perhaps to lead to a round of collective genuflection, as it only says that entities, which could be assumptions, are not to be added beyond necessity. That is by the way the favorite approach of reductionist methodologies to which everyone would not subscribe. Looking objectively at the blade, its quality seems high, and the other necessary condition is to have the mei pronounced on in a shinsa context if one wants to be entirely sure that it is wrong. Arnold F. Quote
SteveM Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 Well, the signature reads "Minamoto Kiyomaro" 清麿展 slight correction: 源清麿 Quote
SwordGuyJoe Posted October 24, 2017 Report Posted October 24, 2017 I’m with Ray on this one. Late gendai, early shinsakuto, but a nice one. 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted October 25, 2017 Report Posted October 25, 2017 To what does 五、〇〇〇 (5,000) on the explanation refer? Quote
Greg F Posted October 25, 2017 Report Posted October 25, 2017 Shinsakuto is what i think too. Nice looking blade. Greg Quote
mareo1912 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Posted October 25, 2017 Thank you very much for the help guys, I will look at the price and maybe I'll take it. Not for the Kiyomaro, but for the blade itself. Regards Quote
PNSSHOGUN Posted October 25, 2017 Report Posted October 25, 2017 If it's priced at gimei levels absolutely, it is a very quality looking piece. Quote
seattle1 Posted October 25, 2017 Report Posted October 25, 2017 Hello: Well if it is 5,000 man, its a huge pile of dough! Arnold F. Quote
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