Kantei

[Nanbokuchu]

Should be easy for some.

 

Some pics are with sunlight, others with a lamp overhead. Addig more pics in coming posts.

 

 

71 cm. Osuriage mumei.

 

 

 

[Nanbokuchu]

[Nanbokuchu]

And a quick video: https://streamable.com/i8aopb

[Tom Darling]

Yamato Tegai Kanenaga

[Nanbokuchu]

Negative on Kanenaga, but a very good call. It's attributed to Ko-Mihara, so the Yamato influence can be seen. Tanobei sensei places it firmly in the Nanbokucho period in his sayagaki. Kasane is a whopping 8 mm so it feels powerful in the hand.

 

[Bazza]

Jimmie, thanks.  Very interested to see this as I have a Nambokuchou Ko Mihara katana with Tanobe sayagaki.  Can we see your sayagaki, please?

 

BaZZa.

[Nanbokuchu]

Thanks Bazza!

 

 

 

 

[Vermithrax16]

Can you share the translation? Looks like the final book of "Game of Thrones" was finished 😀

[Ray Singer]

On 5/21/2023 at 8:16 PM, Bazza said:

Jimmie, thanks.  Very interested to see this as I have a Nambokuchou Ko Mihara katana with Tanobe sayagaki.  Can we see your sayagaki, please?

 

BaZZa.

If that is my former Ko-Mihara, glad it is still in good hands

 

 

[Nanbokuchu]

On 5/23/2023 at 4:45 PM, Vermithrax16 said:

Can you share the translation? Looks like the final book of "Game of Thrones" was finished 😀

 

Currently trying to make out the characters, but my ignorance of this type of handwriting is all too evident.

 

This is the translation provided by aoiart (with added characters):

 

備後国古三原 大擦上無銘也 南北朝中期の勇健なる肢態に白気映りが伴い板目流れる肌合いに質朴なる板目流れる直刃を焼いて帽子には滝落とし風が見て取れるなど特色が特色を明示し雅
味豊かな優品なり　長さ二尺三寸七分弱有し　探山識（花押）

 

"Bingo Kuni Komihara Osuriage Mumei. Powerful and proud shaped of the mid Nambokucho period. Shirakeutsuri appears. Itame flows and Suguha Hamon comes up. Takiotoshi-ish Hamon is visible in Boshi. Every
characteristic is classic. Length 2 Shaku 3 Sun 7 Bu. Written by Tanzan"

 

It's not the most beautiful piece, but I like it alot. Gives a powerful impression when I study it, and the hamon seems very controlled. In person the hataraki and utsuri shows but it's pretty hard to photograph. There appears to be some masame along the ha and in a darkened room with small directed light the activities really comes out in person. 

 

[DoTanuki yokai]

I tried to give a guess in this Kantei but did not come closer then Yamato, actually I looked at Ko-Mihara blades but thought the Boshi is wrong.
With my lately unlucky guesses here I kept quiet this time 

Thanks for posting I still have fun doing kantei. 

 

[SteveM]

I took a crack at it. 

備後國古三原大磨上無銘也南北中期ノ勇健ナル姿態ヲ呈シ白氣映ヲ伴フ板目ノ流ルノ肌合ニ質朴ナル直刃ヲ焼キ帽子二ハ滝落トシガ看テ取レルナド同派ノ特色ガ明示サレ滋味豊カナ優品也

長弐尺参寸七分弱有之

時在己亥暦高秋

探山識

 

My attempt at translation:

Bingo-no-kuni Ko-Mihara. Ōsuriage mumei. Displays the robust shape of the Mid-Nambokuchō period, itame hada with shirake utsuri, a simple, straight hamon, and a “taki-otoshi” bōshi that captures our attention. This is an exquisite work that shows us the features of this school.

 

2 shaku, 3 sun, 7 bu

Autumn, 2019

By Tanzan