Collection of photos from WWII smith's

[Volker62]

oilpainting of Yanagawa Naohiro 3. Gen. 

 

descendant from Taikai Naotane

[Volker62]

Hokke Saburo Nobufusa 8. Generation

 

1909-2000

[Brian]

From Morita san, way back in 2012

Yoshihara Kuniie

[lucidorise]

On 10/11/2022 at 3:19 PM, Itomagoi said:

I'm looking for a pic of 勝村 正勝 Katsumura Masakatsu. Can someone help me? 

Here u go. The 2nd generation 

[Itomagoi]

Thank you very much! 

[Itomagoi]

Rare Pic of 9. Gen. Ishidō Hidekazu (石堂秀一) Name Ishidō Shuichi in 1906.

[lucidorise]

Hi all, 

Was researching the group of smith in page 119 of the Kurihara Hiko Saburo Akihide Zen Kiroku. Wanted to confirm whether this guy is Ota Chikahide ? 

Attaching 2nd picture found in another reference book for comparison 

 

Tks

Ronnie

[Grevedk]

Gentlemen,

 

In may search on this magnificent forum for Akimoto Akitomo I found this post (quoted) wich includes both wonderful pictures but also some very competent translations of names.

On 4/20/2022 at 9:14 AM, Itomagoi said:

 

On 4/22/2022 at 1:55 PM, Shugyosha said:

Hi Peter,

I'm struggling with the parts highlighted in red. Here's the script from beneath the photo. I'm struggling with the middle rank as (probably due to me misunderstanding "oite" in this context) the order seems to be out of sequence, so whilst I've given you the names, I'm not sure who they belong to.

 

大日本刀匠協会発会の折, 栗原邸を訪れた全国の刀匠.

Dai Nihon tōshō kyōkai ketsukai no ori, Kurihara yashiki o tazureta zenkuni no tōshō.

 

Swordsmiths from the whole country visited the Kurihara mansion on the occasion of the first meeting of the Greater Japan Swordsmiths Association.

 

前列左から: 松林政重 ; 末次繁光 ; 越水盛俊 ; 彦三郎 ; 笠間繁継 ; 小山信光 ; 守次則定 ; 淀川重利 ;

Maeretsu hidari kara (front rank, from the left) Matsubayashi Masashige; Suetsugu Shigemitsu; Koshimizu Moritoshi, Hikosaburō, Kasama Shigetsugi, Koyama Nobumitsu, Moritsugu Norisada, Yodogawa Shigetoshi,

 

中列2人目: 岩崎航介 ; 3人おいて 紀 政次 ; 中尾 (藤田) 忠次 ; 小山秀研 ; 1人おいて 藤田強 ; 小宮四郎國光 ;

Chūretsu nininme (middle rank, 2^nd person) Iwasaki Kōsuke, san’nin oite (3rd person), Ki Masatsugu, Nakao (Fujita) Tadatsugu, Koyama Hidetogu, ichinin oite (first person) Fujita Tsuyoshi, Komiya Shirō Kunimitsu,

 

後列: 石井昭房 ; 秋元 昭友 ; 今野昭宗.

Ushiroretsu (rear rank): Ishii Akifusa, Akimoto Akitomo, Konno Akimune.

 

All the best

 

Soren

[Shugyosha]

Hi Soren, 

Thanks for the kind words but I’m an enthusiastic amateur who likes to try his luck. Others on here are way more competent.  

[Grevedk]

Hi John,

Enthusiastic amateurs are we all (maybe with a few exceptions). People like yourself who willingly and consistently engage in sharing experience, opinions and knowledge is just the true “backbone” of this community. I’m constantly amazed of how much thought, time, experience and accumulated information this forum contains. If someone, some day and somehow find the opportunity, ability and time to sort and index all the information this forum has accumulated - then I believe it could be worth of the title “ Nihonto World Heritage Site” / NWHS 

 

PS. The NMB title is by the way fine as it is 😎

 

/Soren

[Minseito1941]

Any photos of swordsmith Yoshida Katsunori? 勝則吉田

[Guest Simon R]

I'm surprised this one hasn't appeared before.

It's Kajiyama Yasutoku (my sword's maker) with his son Yasutoshi standing at the entrance of the Yasukuni smithy circa 1938/39.

(The building looks exactly the same now.)

[Itomagoi]

Do any of you have a picture of Wakabayashi Shigetsugu?

[Itomagoi]

Miyaguchi Ikkansai Toshihiro - civilian name “Miyaguchi Shigeru” - Yasukuni name “Yasuhiro”

 

They seem to be personal photo albums from him. But I can't translate and match the photos.

 

https://buyee.jp/ite...=service_page_search

 

 

 

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Adding a photo from the site, for the future when the auction goes dead.  There are several, so I hope I grabbed the right ones!

 

 

 

[John C]

Is the one picture dated October 10th, Showa 29 (1954)?

John C.

[Bruce Pennington]

Seems to be.