Patterns on Fuchi and Kashira

[Martin]

Okay...

well then lets hunt down No. 13 :lol:

 

http://www.e-sword.jp/sale/0610_6070syousai.htm

 

cheers,

Martin

[Guest Simon Rowson]

John,

 

Just to finally answer your question on page 12...... female graduates hakama are a one-piece, pleated skirt affair.

 

Suffice to say, there are different styles of hakama for kendo, horse-riding, mounted kyudo, formal menswear and womens graduation (the latter two being undivided).

 

All the best,

 

Simon

[Stephen]

of our longest thread

 

http://www.samurai-armor-tokyo.com/daim ... rrups.html

[Stephen]

is this a repete?

[Nobody]

Hi Stephen,

 

That is also interesting in another sense. The mudguard was called Aori (障泥 or 泥障). Some of you might already know the point.

There is a tsuba shape called Aori-gata (障泥形). That naming came from the shape of the mudguard.

 

Tsuba Terminology;

http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/tsuba.htm

[sencho]

Nice Stephen,

 

That is another variation of a sayagata, i guess, interlocking manji...

 

The Token Yoran has this Tsuba example P.582 ....

 

I think this is fantastic.... if anyone knows of one of these for sale let me know!!

 

Sagata pattern with some Raimon... This is really similar to the fuchi and kashira of mine at the beginning of the post..... umm 13 pages ago??

 

Cheers

[Thierry BERNARD]

hi

 

another tsuba

 

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Japanese-HEIANJYOU-O ... dZViewItem

[Stephen]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... otohosting

[Thierry BERNARD]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1

[Thierry BERNARD]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1

[Thierry BERNARD]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1

[Thierry BERNARD]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1

[Bungo]

http://cgi.ebay.com/4086-Japanese-Hangi ... dZViewItem

 

scroll down, last pic .

 

 

page 14 yet ?

 

milt the ronin

[Rich T]

Here is another one.

[sencho]

NEVER RICH!!!!!

 

Now that is a beautiful Tsuba!! Where is that one?

 

Cheers

[Martin]

I think I will blame this thread for my purchase of the following :lol:

 

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... &rd=1&rd=1

 

cheers,

Martin

[Rich T]

NEVER RICH!!!!!

 

Now that is a beautiful Tsuba!! Where is that one?

 

Cheers

 

Hi Steve, yeah it is ok, and it's papered as well.

 

Rich

 

http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g55814419

[Bungo]

Ole Po called this a daisho............

patina, design all matches and most likely made by the same dude.

Only exception is the shape.

What's the general consensus on these two being labelled " diasho " ?

 

Also he called it Hirado school ? Not familiar with that ............. opinion ?

 

milt the ronin

[Pete Klein]

Hirado Kunishige of Hizen and yes it's quite possibly a Dai Sho as the suguta does not have to be the same. I have seen matched sets of differing shapes before. This is just as the hamon can be simple for the Dai and more flamboyant for the Sho. The theme should be the same although technically if the koshirae is original to the Dai Sho and does not exctly match it is still a Dai Sho. The blades make the set. Now will it 'paper'? LOL

[Bungo]

to " wet " your appetite.............this is but one of the Akasaka collection I was yapping about on another thread.

Ok.....it's a cheap trick to pass 15th lap.

 

milt the ronin

[Bungo]

also I was told one of the kantei point on Akasaka tsuba is the shape of the nakago ana, as in this case it resembles a " key hole ".

 

I purchased an Akasaka ( signed.......... Yoshinori ? Tadanori ? need to translate properly ) ) tsuba ( NBTHK paper ), the copper" plugs " are missing and shows the " keyhole " shape nakago ana very nicely. Will post pics later when I sort things out.

 

milt the ronin

[Bungo]

also I was told one of the kantei point on Akasaka tsuba is the shape of the nakago ana, as in this case it resembles a " key hole ".

 

I purchased an Akasaka ( signed.......... Yoshinori ? Tadanori ? need to translate properly ) ) tsuba ( NBTHK paper ), the copper" plugs " are missing and shows the " keyhole " shape nakago ana very nicely. Will post pics later when I sort things out.

 

milt the ronin

 

finally took some pic................

it has NBTHK paper, note the keyhole shaped nakago ana.

I think the mei reads........... Bushu no ju Akasaka Tadanori

 

 

milt the ronin

[Martin]

I knew I saw that one before ;o)

 

http://www.ricecracker.com/japanese_swo ... e2.htm#T-5

 

cheers

[Bungo]

Micky is a good guy, one of the most honest dealer I ever have the pleasure to do business with and yes........dropped quite a bit of green's but not as much as the web site price. There's such a thing call " show special ", one more reason to attend sword shows.

 

milt the ronin

[Martin]

That´s nice to hear. Congratulations to that Tsuba!

I can also confirm your experience with Mike.

 

regards

[Bungo]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... mot_widget

[Eric H]

RAIMON PATTERN

 

Regards

Eric

[Nobody]

The cover of "NIPPON" by Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold.

http://record.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/nip ... /l000.html

 

Ref. http://militaria.co.za/nihontomessagebo ... php?t=1341

[Thierry BERNARD]

http://cgi.ebay.fr/5031-JP-SAMURAI-SWOR ... dZViewItem

[sencho]

Thanks Thierry, Moriyama, et al,

 

Interesting that Ol' Po calls this "Manji Kuzushi" (Deformed Manji)... I have no idea if this is a term made up by him or one that is in use... but I am not sure it accurately describes the pattern. I have used the "Sayagata" term to describe this which is defined as "a series of interlocking Manji"...

 

I also notice on certian examples bearing this pattern that the design is somewhat "shaky" with the inlay looking as it is a little raised, as opposed to others that look like they were made by machine they are so perfect..... maybe this is just age and wear and tear.....

 

Eric... very nice...!!

 

Cheers!

 

 

Cheers