![]() ![]() This is an impotant distinction when looking at Tameshi-mei - you could cut five in a row rather than five at once or use well aged bodies but i think if it is Yamano or Yamada family work they did not get up to such shenanigans. in this case Ninodo(弐の胴 ) is the second do cut while Futatsu do (弍ツ胴) means cut two bodies. The great thing about Japanese is the use of kana to give us reading hints. (By the way, I thought I posted the above earlier today but if so, I don't see it anywhere. Interesting sword but with a badly scratched and gouged kissaki which may or may not be fully restored by polishing. It also has a kinpun attribution to No-Sada (Kanesada). ![]() Since a friend is trying to buy it, I've stayed only an observer, let's say. I should mention that I do not have this sword, but was asked to examine it a few weeks ago. Maybe I'll go ahead and attach the full test inscription here, now that I have a good, clear (as possible) photo of the nakago. ![]() The posts topic inscription was questioned by me under another recent post, asking about the use of gold lacquer instead of the usual gold inlaid tests more typically found. I still have a file of test examples copied from various sources when they turned up. I've always wanted to understand these test inscriptions better and to put together a worthwhile article about them with multiple examples, but this never got off the ground. I may have read that before but if so, I had forgotten it. Thanks George, for the clear (and logical) explanation of the cuts by number, not number of bodies cut through. ![]()
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