KungFooey Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 Hi all, As some of you might know, one of the biggest drawbacks of using Yahoo! Auction in Japan is that the seller has the power to simply terminate an auction if they feel the object is going for too little money. Why the hell they don't just set a minimum price is beyond me. 🤬Anyhow, this really frustrating occurrence happened to me yesterday; I was the winning bidder on a truly unique item and it got stopped in the last 10 seconds because the seller got greedy and wanted more money. I was spitting blood! 🤬🤬🤬 Nonetheless, I feel obliged to dear@Bruce Pennington to post the photos from this auction and an almost identical one (by the same f@£?@ seller) because I believe that they are a significant addendum to his excellent research on the mantetsu sword. They are very small (approx 16cm) tanto in shirasaya and presentation boxes, "forged at the foot of Mt. Ishishiro" by Hisakatsu Takeshima in 1936. Engraved with a Buddhist phoenix symbol, they are intended as good luck talismans for the two soldiers named on each respective nakago. In Showa 13 (1938), Hisakatsu was assigned to the Sword Manufacturing Co., Ltd. of the Southern Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd., and taught the forging of the Koa Isshin sword until the end of the war. First example: (which I was cheated out of🤬): 1 2 Quote
KungFooey Posted January 12 Author Report Posted January 12 Last 2 pics of second tanto and the swordsmith Hisakatsu: 2 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 this one is complete housed in two boxes with NTHK Kanteisho,all original with original silk bag 3 1 Quote
lonely panet Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 Dee your 2 tanto have been doing the rounds on jauce for about 12 months. All about the 5k aud range. The seller is fishing 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 blade is signed Hisakatsu kore o tsukuru outer box Amakumi shinken "Divine sword Amakumi" outer box inside: showa juichinen jugatsu juichinichi imi-ketsugyo ni yori haitai-su shinzoku takenaka miyuki shirusu presented after rekindling the ritual sanctifying fire,written by tanaka miyuki from the god's race october 11 1936 inne box outside: "holy sword" innerbox inside: Kei-mei Amakumi Iwaki-sanroku no sai-iki ni oite kaji Takeshima Hisakatsu swordsmith Hisakatsu at a ritually purified place at the foot of mount Iwaki 2 2 Quote
Volker62 Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 the mon on the Tanto's Nakago is called " Chintamani" "Wish Jewel" Hoju-no Tama pearl that fulfills wishes 4 Quote
KungFooey Posted January 12 Author Report Posted January 12 1 hour ago, Volker62 said: this one is complete housed in two boxes with NTHK Kanteisho,all original with original silk bag That is absolutely beautiful Volker! ❤️ And thank you so much for all the fascinating info!!! Dee 1 Quote
KungFooey Posted January 12 Author Report Posted January 12 44 minutes ago, lonely panet said: Dee your 2 tanto have been doing the rounds on jauce for about 12 months. All about the 5k aud range. The seller is fishing Wow Hamish! No wonder they cancelled before I won at under 300 bucks!!! 😂😂😂 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 the Horimono of this particular sword is not ato bori and dates to the blades time of production 1 Quote
KungFooey Posted January 12 Author Report Posted January 12 18 minutes ago, Volker62 said: the Horimono of this particular sword is not ato bori and dates to the blades time of production Special request of the soldier or the family member who ordered it? Quote
lonely panet Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 to be honest, at 5k aud is a fair price imho. volker has a stunning kojima yasunori tanto that is far better. for simular price. but showa tanto is a very nitch area. 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 "traditinal made showa Tanto" In my opinion, an area, that has received too little attention,especially when you research, who received this rare Tanto's and for what purposes1 often the highest military ranks! 1 Quote
Bazza Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 Years ago I saw a mamorigatana tanto by a Gendai Seki smith with a lovely dragon horimono. A friend at the time bought it and I always hoped it would come my way. Alas, other pearls came into my orbit and captured my means. It is on the Board somewhere. I agree with Volker that such tanto have received too little attention, though Chris Bowen is well up in their study. I hope one comes to you eventually Dee, a very worthy target indeed. If one puts mamori into the Board's search field there is quite a lot of contributions on tanto. Here is a link to where the tanto I mentioned is found on page 2. Regards, BaZZa. 2 Quote
Ed Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 If you want to play on YHJP, be prepared for that kind of crap. Pulling auctions, phishing and shill bidding are rampant and go unchecked there. Then, if you do win the item must run the gauntlet of thieves within the customs and carriers systems. Be sure the seller insures the item for the full amount as most ship with no insurance. 4 1 Quote
Volker62 Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 early Yasukuni shrine Tanto(prior 1941) were made after Mr. Han's research for the highest officer's rank only on request. only very few in exist today. please refer for example General "Anami Korechika" who killed himself with a Tanto made by Kotani Yasunori san from 1941 the Nihon Tanren Kai manufactered them, (Tanto) for the imperial Navy staff collage, this was because Hori Toshihide had to become ill. 1 Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 Dee, thanks for the post! I had Volker's on file but these 2 make a great set of 3 now. @Volker62 - thanks for the clarification of the Wish Jewel. I erroneously had it in the Stamps doc as a flaming jewel. Is anyone able to translate that odd date on the second tanto? 1 1 Quote
BANGBANGSAN Posted January 12 Report Posted January 12 Here is the 爾霊刀 that made in 1942 by Takeshima . 2 Quote
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