Koshirae

[uwe]

Hi folks,

 

I came across this "tachi" and still facing some difficulties to put the koshirae in the "proper drawer"...

 

 

Can someone help me out and point me in the right direction, please?!

 

[Matsunoki]

Hi Uwe

I wonder if someone is trying to create a Ninja sword? It looks a mix of real bits and pieces with some home-made “improvements”?

….just a thought.

All the best.Colin.

[Alex A]

Looks like someone lacquered Handachi Koshirae

[Geraint]

Dear Uwe.

 

For what it's worth I think this is a perfectly acceptable rig, leather wrapped handachi koshirae with removable hangers.Of course we are only going from one image but do some looking around leather wrapped koshirae and see what you think.

 

All the best.

[uwe]

@Colin

Thanks a lot for your opinion. I don’t think it is the case here. It’s a museum piece and in the collection since around 1900.

 

@ Alex

That’s possible. The curator provided me only this picture. I’ll check back as soon I’m there again…

 

@ Geraint 

I’ve never seen such a mounting bevor. Hence I’m a bit perplexed. The problem is, that I have to name (or classify) it, in order to describe the piece for the publicly accessible digital collection 🤔

[Alex A]

Uwe, difficult from distant images but you seldom see a black Handachi Kashira.

 

Ray skin Same too, looks like its been weatherproofed. (though cant be sure as difficult to see it)

 

Maybe Geraint right though, need a better image.

[Geraint]

Dear All.

 

Scroll to the end of page 2 on this thread and there is a leather covered daisho, 

 

 

For the koshirae in the original post I suppose the test would be does it have a kurikata on the other face? If no then I think it's aleather covered tachi, if it has a kurikata then handachi with removaeable ashi.  I favour the former idea as the kurikata, if present would be a pain when worn as a tachi.

 

I suspect that given the condition this is a Shinshinto copy of an early koshirae, compare here for a more elaborate version, https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20802/lot/394/

 

Any chance of a better image Uwe?

 

All the best.

[Geraint]

And one more to look at, https://www.sanmei.com/contents/en-us/p2288_Katana-unsgined-Niji-KUNITOSHI.html

 

All the best.

[uwe]

Thanks a lot guys!

I will take some additional pictures as soon as I’m back in the storage rooms of the museum.

 

For a second I thought “kokushitsu no tachi”, but rather not…

 

 

[Gakusee]

Just tachi or at most handachi