How does a Shinsa Team work?

[vajo]

Could someone explain how does a Shinsa Team or a Shinsa member find out the smith, etc.

 

Ok i understand it starts with sugata, nagasa, nakago, hada, hamon, boshi, etc...

 

But how does it works in practice. Is this a abstraction process or like a exclusion process?

[BIG]

Eiichi Yoshikawa interview...

 

http://chicagoshimpo.com/e-community/15_0522_e_sword_show.htm

 

Best

[vajo]

Thanks Peter,

 

the reason for the question is, i want to start a automatic database project for a first user response kantei to help identifying what you have in hand.

 

I will try to make a flowchart with the first aspects and the possibility to develop the whole kantei automaticly. 

 

Sounds stupid? Yes maybe, but its a nice holiday workaround...

 

Maybe i can learn from making it   

 

Something like that:

 

main( ) {

        printf("hello, world\n");

}

 

1. sugata, 姿 → 

2. jigane, 地鉄 → 

3. hamon, 刃文 → 

 

First to start with  → 

() Tsukurikomi

 

shinogi-zukuri (鎬造) or hon-zukuri (本造)

→ most common

hira-zukuri (平造)

chokutô-tachi 

→ Heian period standard for tantô and ko-wakizashi → koshigatana

Muromachi → eras Kôji (弘治, 1555-1558); Eiroku (永禄, 1558-1570)

pre mid Muromachi rare (x), Kamakura and Nanbokuchô period → treasure swords

kiriba-zukuri (切刃造)

  Ancient era →  later hommages to ancient blades → Bakumatsu and Meiji era

katakiriba-zukuri (片切刃造)

Ancient blades examples Rai Kunitoshi (来国俊), the Hasebe (長谷部) school,.....

kissaki-moroha-zukuri (鋒諸刃造)

Nara period → Kogarasu-maru (小烏丸)

later hommages  → Bakumatsu and early Meiji era

shôbu-zukuri (菖蒲造)

Muromachi period → tantô and wakizashi 

 

and so on...   

 

My goal is to make a GUI based on pictogram

[16k]

Funny, Chris, but we’ve had the same idea, I recently read “the sword of Japan” and one chapter gave me that idea. Of course, it would only work as a general purpose key chart, but unless the sword is a “trick sword” (a sword from a tradition but with unclear characteristics), it should help beginners come with a broad idea of what they have.

 

But so far, I still have to put that down on paper, so you’re more advanced than I am.

[vajo]

Haha, JP let us see what will happen. You know 80% of a project runs fast, the last 20% are cruel. I hope you start your project. 

[Alex A]

Same way as us, but with a lot more knowledge and resources

[Lingonberry]

Carefully

[TETSUGENDO]

Great idea  Chris,  as you've demonstrated in the past your certainly more than capable of carrying this through.  Nice "little" holiday project indeed!

 

    Cheers,

             

         -S- 

[vajo]

First starting with the framework

 

 

Don't worry, if i ever finish it, it will be in different languages and the correct Japanese description.

[TETSUGENDO]

Chris,

 

No one who has come to know you is worried, of course you'll cover everyones needs, you wouldn't do things any other way!

 

Cheers,

    -S- 

[16k]

Any update on this awesome project, Chris?

[Jon MB]

Following with interest...

[vajo]

At the moment nothing to add. I was in a dead end with the concept. I was. I have made a new concept and try some design sheets, because it should work on mobile devices, not only on PC. 

I go on with my sword collection catalogue too, so i share the time between the two projects.

 

Thanks for your interest. I enjoy your comments.