oshigata bibliography information

[chi fan wong]

hello all,

i was wondering if anyone is familiar with where some of the current oshigata may come from in books.  i have a tadayoshi whose mei and nakago is used in a couple of books. but im looking to see where it may have been reprinted from.  the mei can currently be found in tokuno's toko taikan and in fukunaga's hizen no katana to tsuba.  would anyone know where these authors get their oshigata from?

thanks for any information.

 

[Ray Singer]

In many cases, I believe the authors likely interfaced directly with collectors/owners to obtain the oshigata they wanted to represent in their references. They may have done the oshigata themselves hands-on to control quality (or arranged for a specific individual do so so for the entire reference for consistency).

[chi fan wong]

got it. thank you ray. i was just wondering because the mei on my sword was used as a definitive 6h gen goji mei by fukunaga and subsequently used by others as reference.  and since the oshigatas in the fukunaga books didnt seem consistent, which would indicate different sources of oshigata being collected, i was just wondering if there is any way to track that bibliography.  there was nothing indicated in the book itself.  i know its a long shot....