kanemoto

[fan]

hi all,

i have this little wak, slender, with a suguha. the limited resources i have does not have anything that match the strokes on this signature. can anyone peg this one?

thanks.

eric

[Grey Doffin]

Kanemoto.

[fan]

hi grey,

yes it is kanemoto. my question is, when i tried to match it with other signatures, the lower strokes of my "moto" does not look like the lower strokes of other "moto". the typical ones have a sharper bend at the lower right stroke. so this not one of hte big guys, but does this match up with anyone in particular?

eric

[Grey Doffin]

Guess you knew that. The closest match in Fujishiro's Koto-hen is listed as Kanemoto, Kodai. Kodai means unknown later generation, I believe. The nakago definitely looks Seki, but later than Sue-Koto.

Hope this helps. Grey

[Bungo]

not a sword dude, but the file marks on the top part of the nakago indicates shinto or later, yes ?

 

milt The ronin

[fan]

yes, the file mark is typical mino shinto or later. the clarity of the mei cut also suggest a nto particularly old blade.

eric

[Mike]

The point is that even later generation of Mino Kanemoto put sanbonsugi hamon, and you mentioned suguha, so this is something you have to check. Mike

[fan]

hi mike,

do you mean that they use sanbonsugi exclusively? the condition of the blade prevents me from seeing clearly the sugu to see if there are togari. but even if togari is present, does it still seem unlikely that the kanemoto line would have anything to do with it?

eric

[Bungo]

I had an O-suriage katana, very slender ( but in proportion ) , suguha hamon with one TINY " bump " in the hamon near the hamachi area............

 

shinsa by NTHK to sue-koto MINO !!!!

 

I was hoping Bungo ( just a joke )

 

milt THE ronin

[Mike]

Did they specific made an attribute to Kanemoto school

Mike

[fan]

milt, i have a sugu katana that nthk put to late generation tadayoshi den. however, i almost think i detect a very mild bump on the sugu as well. and the yasuri is kesho, not typical hizen. but i kind of like the tadayoshi den attribution......

eric

[pcfarrar]

milt, i have a sugu katana that nthk put to late generation tadayoshi den. however, i almost think i detect a very mild bump on the sugu as well. and the yasuri is kesho, not typical hizen. but i kind of like the tadayoshi den attribution......

eric

 

Any chance of seeing a picture of this blade?

[fan]

hi peter,

here are some pics. can really find the togari in these.

[fan]

CANT really find the togari in these

[pcfarrar]

Thanks for the pics! Looks like a very nice sword. I have a small mumei wak that I suspect might be hizen work. It's late shin-shinto and has kesho yasurimei. I wanted to see how it compared with yours.

[fan]

hi peter,

here is a pic of the ji and shinogi ji area. the grain in shinogi ji is different from the ji area. however, it is the finess of the jihada that prompted the nthk to determine the sword a hizen sword.

eric

[Bungo]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0033739326

 

http://www.geocities.jp/kanetoyo2666/k.html

 

 

 

some examples of what's out there in e-bay land.

 

milt THE ronin

[Bungo]

wonder what's that " pin " is about on top of the oshigata room logo ?

 

I can read the kanji but bet few of you can ( except the ironchef and fan but they are alrerady married )........

 

milt THE ronin

[Mike]

Here is an interesting article by DB on the relationship between Kanesada and Kanemoto schools. http://nihonto.ca/nosada/index.html

Mike

[Mike]

Also a photo of my Mino kanemoto katana. Mike