my first sword

[Hermes]

I bought it from a sword dealer at a SF Cow Palace Gun Show in the 80's, a small tanto, his stand was about 75 feet from the door, the dealers name might have been Rick, he was Japanese and a nice easy guy to deal with if you had the time, he was busy, he had a lot of swords. Thanks in advance.

James

[Bugyotsuji]

My guess at a glance...

A-shu ju Sukehira æ·¡å·žä½ã€€ç¥å¹³

[Nobody]

My guess at a glance...

A-shu ju Sukehira æ·¡å·žä½ã€€ç¥å¹³

You are right! But ......

the pronunciation for the province may be Tan-shu.

 

[Bugyotsuji]

My guess at a glance...

A-shu ju Sukehira æ·¡å·žä½ã€€ç¥å¹³

You are right! But ......

the pronunciation for the province may be Tan-shu.

 

All these years 've been saying A-shu, and I even had an Awa-zutsu, and nobody corrected me, and it's "Tan-shu"....... grrrrrr..... Moriyama san!

[Nobody]

All these years 've been saying A-shu, and I even had an Awa-zutsu, and nobody corrected me, and it's "Tan-shu"....... grrrrrr..... Moriyama san!

Piers,

 

Are you saying this Awa-zutsu? ---> 阿波筒

Then, that Awa (阿波) is called as A-shu (阿州). (aka Tokushima Prefecture)

 

However, Tan-shu (淡州) means Awaji-shima (淡路島) in Hyogo-prefecture.

[Bugyotsuji]

Come on, Moriyama san, give me a break. They are right next door to each other and I always put them together in my mind!!! Awaji and Awa no kuni are different, but they do sound very similar in English!!! I know you are right. :lol:

 

Hai, wakarimashita!

 

*****Anyway, James, the east of Shikoku is a nice part of the world! Please forgive the thread-napping...

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

And then, in the old Japan there were 2 Awa; one in Shikoku island and another in the peninsula in front of Sagami :lol:

[Nobody]

........ and another in the peninsula in front of Sagami :lol:

Isn't it in the peninsula of Boso (房ç·åŠå³¶), not Sagami?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awa_Province_%28Chiba%29

 

Sorry

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

Moriyama san

 

http://www.maproom.org/00/05/sub1/1.html

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

Guess you're talking about the same one. Boso peninsula :

 

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%BB% ... andsat.jpg

 

Awa firstly mentioned by Moriyama San : 阿波国 = Sagami

Awa 安房国 is/was the one in Boso Peninsula