Babu Posted September 2, 2020 Author Report Posted September 2, 2020 On 9/2/2020 at 2:07 PM, Apercus said: I also have a blade signed Munemitsu but have decided I may never know which generation made the piece. The closest I will probably get to that goal will have to involve shinsa. Shannon H. Expand Shannon your seems typical of the later Shinto generations. Most of the early blades I've seen have a lighter carved mei in my experience. (Which may be different from others) All tachi I've encountered were delicately carved. I'll bet a Google search would get you close.
Jacques Posted September 2, 2020 Report Posted September 2, 2020 According the nihonto meikan (page 971,972) and if i read it correctly, there is not mei with Bizen kuni Osafune Munemitsu without ju. Same for the Osafune taikan
Apercus Posted September 2, 2020 Report Posted September 2, 2020 Thanks for the input. This one is on the back burner for a while. I used up all of my polish & shinsa savings on a blade currently in Japan. I’m not sure I’ll submit it anytime soon or ever. I also have another blade in front of it waiting on me to build up savings. I can salvage a few blades in my lifetime but don’t have the income to do much more. My spare money is mostly spent on books in a lot of different fields Shannon H. 1
Jacques Posted September 2, 2020 Report Posted September 2, 2020 On 9/2/2020 at 5:45 PM, Babu said: Shannon your seems typical of the later Shinto generations. Expand No Bizen Munemitsu in Shinto or Shinshinto era.
Rivkin Posted September 3, 2020 Report Posted September 3, 2020 On 9/2/2020 at 9:19 PM, Apercus said: Thanks for the input. This one is on the back burner for a while. I used up all of my polish & shinsa savings on a blade currently in Japan. I’m not sure I’ll submit it anytime soon or ever. I also have another blade in front of it waiting on me to build up savings. I can salvage a few blades in my lifetime but don’t have the income to do much more. My spare money is mostly spent on books in a lot of different fields Shannon H. Expand I think it might be easier to make a guess looking at the whole blade/photo of work. Indeed the carving style is later, and location on the nakago might suggest uchigatana (or is it a wakizashi?). This is one of the signatures which is probably difficult to evaluate without a blade. Kirill R.
Apercus Posted September 3, 2020 Report Posted September 3, 2020 I’ll send photos tomorrow evening. It’s a wakizashi with Itami hada, a narrow to medium choji Hamon, and steel with a few minor flaws that is more representative of the muromachI period. If I decide to have it polished at some point in the future it won’t likely be worth more that the cost of polish. I just like it.
Tom Darling Posted September 3, 2020 Report Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Shannon H, Didn't you have an outstanding early Bizen Katana or tachi? You had it at the Florida show some years back, do you still have it? The name escapes me? Tom D. Edited September 3, 2020 by Tom Darling corrected
Apercus Posted September 3, 2020 Report Posted September 3, 2020 My first sword went juyo with the NBTHK after polish with an attribution to the Ichimonji school of the early to mid kamakura period. Kajihara did a shinsa on it before that with an attribution to Moriie who founded the Hatakeda school. It certainly has all of the characteristics of Moriie. The nakago is ubu but unsigned. Perhaps it was made for someone important. I still have it. I guess that’s why my collection is so small. I was spoiled starting out. I bought it for ten dollars. 2
Babu Posted September 3, 2020 Author Report Posted September 3, 2020 Start a new thread Shannon. MODS please close this one for me. I being send updates that people have commented on my sword topic but it's now been hijacked. Regards Adam
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