Bugyotsuji Posted December 28, 2019 Report Posted December 28, 2019 https://japantoday.com/category/picture-of-the-day/ancient-sword Quote from article, for educational purposes. “ The dojigiri, a Japanese national treasure considered one of the five most noted swords in the country, created by sword maker Hoki Yasutsuna in the Heian period (794-1185), is seen at the museum of Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara on Friday. It is part of the museum's exhibition of old Japanese swords that opens Saturday and runs through March 1, 2020.”” 8 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted December 28, 2019 Report Posted December 28, 2019 Wow! Almost 1000 years old, & it looks brand new. 1 Quote
16k Posted December 28, 2019 Report Posted December 28, 2019 Sure it’s not a Komonjo? seriously, a very, very beautiful sword! 1 Quote
Jacques Posted December 28, 2019 Report Posted December 28, 2019 On 12/28/2019 at 7:55 AM, Ken-Hawaii said: Wow! Almost 1000 years old, & it looks brand new. Boshi is not visible anymore... Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted December 28, 2019 Report Posted December 28, 2019 Your eyes must be a lot better than mine! I would have assumed that it was the angle of lighting. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted December 29, 2019 Author Report Posted December 29, 2019 Ken, Jacques might be right! https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AB%A5%E5%AD%90%E5%88%87 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Tachi_Sword_-_Dojikiri_Yasutsuna.jpg Quote
SAS Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 Go look and report back, Piers....that will settle it. (I think Ken is right, God forbid Jacques is right about something ) 1 Quote
Guido Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 https://kougetsudo.info/doujigiri-yasutsuna/ 7 Quote
Jacques Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 3:25 AM, Guido Schiller said: https://kougetsudo.info/doujigiri-yasutsuna/ I saw it at least 4 times and yes boshi is not visible (that doesn't mean it does not exist). On pictures you shared all that is visible is hadori. If you look at the start oh the hamon you will not see the yaki-otoshi. 1 Quote
Guido Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 Yes, Jacques, I think all of us understand by now that you are not able to see the bōshi. Don’t feel sad, some people take longer than others to get an eye for all the details in a Japanese sword. Keep studying, and maybe on day you’ll get there. 1 Quote
Jacques Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 1:53 PM, Guido Schiller said: Yes, Jacques, I think all of us understand by now that you are not able to see the bōshi. Don’t feel sad, some people take longer than others to get an eye for all the details in a Japanese sword. Keep studying, and maybe on day you’ll get there. Sure, i'm not, like you, stronger than Chuck Norris... To be serious, as you know nothing about me you don't have any idea of what i can know or not; maybe be you will be very surprised. Quote
Brian Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 This is not the time or place for this. Back on track Quote
Gakusee Posted December 29, 2019 Report Posted December 29, 2019 I think the website which Guido linked has numerous good images showing that the blade does have a fairly visible boshi... by the way, this guy at Kougetsudo does not seem to be a dealer but seems to buy swords on request or something? Or is he a dealer? His website has a lot of research and images of topmost items. Quote
w.y.chan Posted December 30, 2019 Report Posted December 30, 2019 There is also this discovered sword by Yatsutsuna which really look brand new https://Japan-forward.com/precious-sword-discovered-in-ceiling-at-kasuga-taisha-restored/ 2 Quote
SAS Posted December 30, 2019 Report Posted December 30, 2019 Very beautiful sword, it looks ubu but slightly machiokuri. Great discovery! Quote
Andi B. Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 How many Ko-Hoki Yasutsuna blades are known/existing today? There was one to be inspected at the Tokyo sword museum on 31/10/19 - does maybe someone who was also present there knows more about this blade? Quote
Guido Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 On 12/31/2019 at 3:30 AM, Andi B. said: There was one to be inspected at the Tokyo sword museum on 31/10/19 - does maybe someone who was also present there knows more about this blade? I wasn't able to make it to that study session, but was it this one? Quote
Andi B. Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 Guido, yes it was this blade. [Edit] I should check my books - it's listed in Markus Seskos Koto-Kantei compilation... 1 Quote
Jussi Ekholm Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 So far I have got 23 signed tachi by Ko-Hōki Yasutsuna, 1 fumei tachi and 4 mumei katana attributed to him The second sword that Andi is asking about is owned by NBTHK and it is very often featured in Tōken Bijutsu and other publications too. So far I have it on 11 references. I think the most commonly listed length for it is 80,1 cm (even though it is 79,9 cm in your pic, there can very often be few mm differences between publications). It has 2,9 cm sori, 2,8 cm motohaba, 1,7 cm sakihaba and 20,9 cm nakago. 3 Quote
Gakusee Posted December 31, 2019 Report Posted December 31, 2019 No one is going to split hairs over 2mm of length ) polishing can shorten a blade by that much and the quoted 80cm might have dated to the beginning of the 20th century when it was initially more formally catalogued (and that nagasa copied henceforth from older records). 1 Quote
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