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Hi to everyone in this community, 

 

I encountered recently a tachi on yahoo Japan with these accompanying papers. Now while while all affirmations from this site have to be taken with a grain of salt, I'd never seen the names Honami Tadanobu and Fukunaga Suiken on origami before. Could somebody with more experience help me translate those and help with getting a rough idea of their authenticity? I am unsure which generation Honami Tadanobu is. 

 

Thanks in advance

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Nothing suspicious here - Tadanobu was eighth in the Satsuma Hon'Ami line while Fukunaga Suiken was a giant in the sword world especially known for his prolific writings...

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Hi Thomas, thank you for taking the time to respond. 

I guess my suspicion was due to the fact that both those papers were associated with a presumed tachi from Awataguchi Kunitsuna, although unpapered by the NBTHK

https://www.jauce.com/auction/h1175718202

I am always concerned when a presumed sword from a great master is unpapered in Japan, especially when the Sugata doesn't scream Kamakura. Of course, it could be from another of the Kunitsunas that aren't Awataguchi around that period...

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The lack of modern papers is of course  a concern neither of these is any kind of guarantee  - Would consider them a very neat part of its history...

 

-t

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