for the collector that wants Goto

[Bungo]

a papered one..........

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/9093-JP-Samurai-Swo ... 911.c0.m14

 

good luck.

milt

[John A Stuart]

Shhhhhh!!

[Bungo]

  John A Stuart said:

Shhhhhh!!

 

like no one ever keep track of ole po........

 

milt

[John A Stuart]

Yeah, A gem once in awhile. Can always hope the snipers snoozed on some. Not likely though eh? John

[John A Stuart]

Just got this one by Goto Sekijo. John

[SSt]

Papered or not, there is a still a nasty, and what looks like a very recent, "cut" into the copper base metal.

Nonetheless I be surprised if these sold for less than 4 figures.

Superb craftsmanship.

[drbvac]

Have these on my Katana - may be same school - hope so anyway! Any thoughts from u experts?

 

 

[SSt]

Hi Doctor

Your menuki are definately quality pieces, as whether they actually are Goto is difficult to say. Goto artists were copied more than any other school.

Your menuki appear to have depth to the carving, the tagane marks seem sharp, the general proportions seem right.

Nice deep black Shakudo. Not so sure about the gold eyes.

My impression is that they probably are Goto, although without having them in hand to examine closely its impossible to be sure.

 

If you have any interest in Goto (Mainline) work then I would highly recommend ;

SENGOKU BUSHO NO YOSOI (Sano Museum Exhibition Catalogue, 2006), Japanese text, its usually listed on eBay

There are superb close-up images (many of the images are 300% lifesize) of Gold and Shakudo menuki, kozuka, and kogai.

The book is 81/2 x 11, the cover photos give you an idea of the detail revealed by the images inside.

[SSt]

Hi Doctor

A few final "thoughts".

 

Currently for sale on eBay (N.B. The seller does not claim that they are Goto work)

http://daimyoubugu.web.infoseek.co.jp/C3-907/index.htm

Almost identical to the two sets previously posted, but note the lack of definition in the carving, especially the scales.

 

Here is a search string for The Boston Museum of Fine Arts

http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_a ... ubmit.y=10

Zoom up the images to "full screen" and you can see how sharply defined, and alive, that true Goto work is.

Even though most examples in the BMFA are gold, when the Goto used Shakudo the quality of their carving was always maintained.

 

Apologies to Milt for hijacking your thread, and congrats on the recently acquired Ise-Ebi tsuba.

[Bungo]

LOL, hijack anything you want, I am cool.

 

You mean this one ? it's cheap but I like it, think I may see someone on it.

p.s. the head reminds me of a very primitive video game ( Pac man, I think that's what it called. Look at it from the side of the long wiskers < and disregard the wiskers > you see the face that pac man supposed to eat )

milt

[John A Stuart]

Hi Milt, Lobster theme seems to crop up a lot lately. Good simple tsuba. Got the menuki, but, full wack in bid, just about. John

[Bungo]

" full wack in bid, just about "........................

 

still cheaper than buying at typical sword show, usually it goes for over 1k .

I like them, looks good.

 

milt