Nice Photos of my Koto Kanemoto Katana

[Soshin]

I was doing a few different things around the house this afternoon including the cleaning my Japanese swords today before the seasonal change early next week and the coming of Summer. Here are some better photos of the Koto Kanemoto Katana that I received back from the polisher in February (previous topics are in this discussion group). I am no longer a Japanese sword dealer but can still take great photos. Here are a few resized for upload to NMB. Enjoy and feel free to discuss it politely. 

 

  

 

[DoTanuki yokai]

Would love to see more pictures maybe some of the nioiguchi ? 

[Mark S.]

Very much like your blade.  There is something about the geometry of the kissaki along with the bohi that is very elegant.  
 

I hope you won’t consider this a hijack.  Just attaching a pic of my 2nd Gen Darani Katsukuni who in several references is quoted as working very much in the style of the Seki Kanemoto school.  Just thought it might be interesting to compare.

 

 

[Bazza]

Can we see a photo of the nakago and mei please Mark?

 

BaZZa.

[Soshin]

22 hours ago, DoTanuki yokai said:

Would love to see more pictures maybe some of the nioiguchi ? 

I think I would need a special setup to take good photos of the nioiguchi. Not sure... 

 

Thanks everyone for replying and likes of my photos. This sword is a real joy to clean, oil, examine, and photograph.   

[Mark S.]

On 6/20/2023 at 4:59 AM, Bazza said:

Can we see a photo of the nakago and mei please Mark?

 

As requested.  Tried a couple different lighting and angle set ups.  Nakago is Machiokuri.

 

 

[NewB]

@Soshin

 

nice nice nice. While I realize shinsa is just an opinion (without hijacking the thread), how’s mine a later generation Kanemoto? 
cheers

 

y

[Soshin]

On 6/23/2023 at 12:50 PM, NewB said:

nice nice nice. While I realize shinsa is just an opinion (without hijacking the thread), how’s mine a later generation Kanemoto? 

 

Thanks for the comment. You have a nice sword from what I can see from the photos you provided. I'm not sure who made your sword, but I would say that it is likely part of the Mino Tradition like my sword is. The hamon (刃文) style looks more like a style or variation of straight (suguha 直刃) not in the Kanemoto School style like @Mark S. sword is. Did the later generations of the Kanemoto do other styles of hamon besides sanbonsugi (三本杉)?   

[NewB]

2 hours ago, Soshin said:

 

Thanks for the comment. You have a nice sword from what I can see from the photos you provided. I'm not sure who made your sword, but I would say that it is likely part of the Mino Tradition like my sword is. The hamon (刃文) style looks more like a style or variation of straight (suguha 直刃) not in the Kanemoto School style like @Mark S. sword is. Did the later generations of the Kanemoto do other styles of hamon besides sanbonsugi (三本杉)?   

 

I haven't looked into it in depth

 

To me and another extremely knowledgeable forum member And a private kantei sho from a recognized Japanese scholar it got an Aizu Nagamichi attribution. The closest I have to this particular jitetsu hamon is my Tachibana Sadakuni which in a sense supports the Nagamichi lineage if I am not mistaken?

 

J