A Samurai Monkey Gem

[waljamada]

I'll just leave this totally authentic "Emura" mei here....

[mdiddy]

500 years from now, they'll look at this and still be shocked at how awful the forger was

[Fuuten]

6 minutes ago, mdiddy said:

500 years from now, they'll look at this and still be shocked at how awful the forger was

I think that by that time this forum has been archived and will (still), be regarded as thé number one source of information regarding real and fake swords and a statue of Brian made in memorial.

[ChrisW]

Someone didn't pass writing in school!

[Infinite_Wisdumb]

WTF

[lonely panet]

this is totally real,  its just a island version of a emura

[ChrisW]

Is the 'mei' period-correct or added on later?

[Bruce Pennington]

You have to be willing to acknowledge that even a swordsmith might go to work with a few too many under his belt, every now and then!  Heck, this might have been the night his wife left him for another man!

[robinalexander]

what was wife's name "Gertrude"?

[Brian]

8 hours ago, ChrisW said:

Is the 'mei' period-correct or added on later?

During the war, I'm pretty sure Emura didn't have any significant reputation and no-one would have faked his signature. This must have been long after the war.
Even a student wouldn't sign like this. This is just fantasy.

[ChrisW]

Thanks for the info Brian!

[Bruce Pennington]

Hey Chris,  we are all playing around.  It’s a bad fake mei.