lbkmd43 Posted September 23, 2011 Report Posted September 23, 2011 Hello again I told you guys of a matched set of fittings I aquired on an old tsuka Beautiful shishis on bothf/k and menuki being a sword guy I sahowed them to a friend who very excitedly said he wants them they are signed inaba suke yoshi oka I havent a clue as to how much to ask for PLEASE HELP I would be very grateful and any help I can offer in return on swords will be given gladlley they are in perfect conditio in all ways sorry I dont have capability to show pictures but I can try to email them. thanks in advance Lew Kanarek MD Quote
Rich T Posted September 23, 2011 Report Posted September 23, 2011 Hi, it is Inabasuke Yoshioka. In fact it is usually I think actually signed Yoshioka Inabasuke 吉岡 因幡介. I am not sure if I have seen it the other way around. If it is signed like that, can we see a mei please ? The Yoshioka family were highly rated in the Edo period, being almost as highly placed as the mainline Goto family. They make extremely nice black shakudo and and work heavily in floras, animals and kamon designs. Their sets with family crests are very common. The better works are signed with the artisans name and this was more common in their earlier years. As they progressed through the Edo period they just signed Yoshioka Inabasuke, CHeers Rich Quote
Pete Klein Posted September 23, 2011 Report Posted September 23, 2011 Well, to be correct it's Yoshioka Inabanosuke... Here's a nice example: http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m86767874 Quote
Rich T Posted September 24, 2011 Report Posted September 24, 2011 ahh thanks Pete, yeah it was 5am and I was trying to use my memory. Here is what Haynes says. Haynes 01894.0: NTS: all generations of this family used this name. Through succeding generations the rank of each family master remained the same. Even the branch families had very high standards in their work. They were retainers of the Tokugawa Shogunate and received their stipend directly from the Tokugawa Bakufu during the entire Edo period. The early generations of the family did not sign their work. The next generations signed only as Inabanosuke, with or without the family name Yoshioka. The geneology of the family is as follows: first Shigetsugu H 08515m died 1653; second etc Quote
lbkmd43 Posted September 24, 2011 Author Report Posted September 24, 2011 the signature is inaba suke yoshioka beautiful shishis deep black shakudo VALUE? L.Kanarek MD Quote
Pete Klein Posted September 24, 2011 Report Posted September 24, 2011 Who do you think we are, Helen Keller??? Peter Bennett Klein D.D.S. Quote
Brian Posted September 24, 2011 Report Posted September 24, 2011 Lew, We don't focus on values here, but I am sure if you do upload some pics, someone will try and help you out. But not without pics. Check out the "How-To" section which will explain how to upload pics. It's not difficult. Regards, Brian Quote
Curran Posted September 24, 2011 Report Posted September 24, 2011 L. Why don't you bring it to the NYC meeting on Sunday, and ask the value there. The preponderance of fittings collectors there will give you an estimate. Quote
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