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On 9/7/2020 at 7:37 AM, Bruce Pennington said:

Most come with a 9-petal chrysanthemum (one mon found with 7 petals)

Bruce: I was looking for any connection with the number of petals on the various pieces. Notice the beautiful tsuba posted by Peter has 6 petals. Must have to do with space limitations. Have you noticed any connection with the designs?

John C.

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14 hours ago, John C said:

Bruce: I was looking for any connection with the number of petals on the various pieces. Notice the beautiful tsuba posted by Peter has 6 petals. Must have to do with space limitations. Have you noticed any connection with the designs?

John C.

John,

I haven't tried tracking that.  Might be worth looking into!

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I saw a nice gendaito odachi on japanszwaard with that mon on the habaki.

Unfortunately it is 6 times out of my price range, I'd still want to see it in person though.

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Hello,

 

Did I miss it or no one mentioned that kikusui was also the mon of a 400 years old koryu?

Many koshirae with kikusui could have been crafted for their trainee and it is still the case today.

 

Regards

 

Benjamin

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Not military swords (by the way this topic shouldn't it be placed in general discussion?) but here menuki depicting the "Sakurai's farewall" between Masashige kusunoki and his son Masayuki, before the last battle of the father against Takauji Ashikaga's troup, and sadness of the son (11 yo). A classic of Japanese literature. See the kikusui on the armors.

 

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