A Friends Collection: Part III

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This one was very special to me. Not only the Koshirae was wonderful to look at with carps as an overall theme, but I also highly enjoyed the naginata shape with the hi.

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Additional pictures. Very keen to learn on what the signature on this one reads!

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Well, it seems that I really liked this one very much since I took so many pictures of it that I have to do three posts to include all of them.

[Grey Doffin]

The mei is, I believe, Masatoshi.

Grey

[Geraint]

Hi Georg.

 

Not naginata naoshi but a standard hira zukuri ko wakizashi, assuming that it is more than 30 cms nagasa.    I can see why you like the koshirae.

 

All the best.

[Toryu2020]

Nice!

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@Grey Doffin, thanks for the translation! Would you mind telling me which Masatoshi this is? I got several results for smiths with this name, hence my question.

 

@Geraint, the koshirae is very cool to look at, especially since additionally painted on. Re the length, for what I remember this one was slightly above 30cm, so very short.

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Georg,

No idea which smith signing with these characters for Masatoshi this is; sorry.  I do know that he isn't found in any of the references included in The Index of Japanese Sword Literature, so, short of a shinsa and I wouldn't expect much from that, you won't be able to learn much.

Grey

[Jussi Ekholm]

Very interesting item Georg, I would think it might be late Muromachi Masatoshi 政俊 who has been listed as Odawara-Sōshū smith. I think the 2 generations worked roughly between 1550 and 1600.

 

Here is one reference item: https://tokka.biz/sword/masatoshi2.html