NICE NAOTANE PACKAGE

[BIG]

https://www.samuraim...u-hozon-certificate/

 

 

[Bruce Pennington]

Interesting!  First time I've seen a Buddhist bonji stamped onto the nakago.

[Scogg]

Wow, gorgeous blade and stunning koshirae.

 

If anyone was thinking of a belated Christmas gift for me…

[BIG]

The client ordered a nice blade, but the koshirae is special..may be Edo special ?

 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Beautiful!

I think it was quite expensive even at the time it was made! 

[ChrisW]

Super beautiful piece! Would make a fantastic addition to any collection.

[Bazza]

  On 12/30/2023 at 5:45 PM, Bruce Pennington said:

Interesting!  First time I've seen a Buddhist bonji stamped onto the nakago.

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Bruce, this may not be a bonji.  Naotane is said to have used a katakana kokuin for a town name when he forged swords away from 'home'.  I see this as 4 katakana that I have enlarged and translated with a -kana table.  At first blush I get HI  SHI  NA (?) NI (?).  I am likely to be way off base...

 

BaZZa.

[Bruce Pennington]

Oh boy!  That’s new to me!  Going to have to add a section to the Stamps doc.

 

Posting the photo in case someone can assist in the city name:

 

[BIG]

Kataoka Ginsaku wrote:

There is a KO-WAKIZASHI made in Matsushiro, province Shinano, a commisioned work for the Zenko-Ji temple. The short wakizashi was made Tempo 7th year ( 1836 )

So the Chi-ya-no reading on the Nakago is the Shinano and the Katakana stamp is the town of Matsushiro.

The AOI description of the blade as a Sunnobi Tanto is probably the Ko-Wakizashi mentioned above.

Naotane made several unique commisioned works on his long travel route, so some stamps were made only once.

Find no other example.

[Bruce Pennington]

  On 1/1/2024 at 6:54 AM, BIG said:

 

So the Chi-ya-no reading on the Nakago is the Shinano and the Katakana stamp is the town of Matsushiro.

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Thanks Barry and Peter!  Man, if he hadn't explained it, I never would have made out that name.