A Report on Meihin Katanaezu ShûseiBy Jim Kurrasch from the May 1999 Nanka Token Kai Newsletter I received a copy of Meihin Katanaezu Shûsei by Tanobe Michihiro from the publisher Otsuka Kogeisha today. It is a large book (14½ inches X 20¾ inches X 1 inch ) which is similar in construction to…
A Modern Kachûshi Tsuba
A Modern Kachûshi TsubaBy Jim Kurrasch from the May 1999 Nanka Token Kai Newsletter This is a modern example of kachûshi tsûba made by Yoshindo Yoshihara. There are sukashi of sakura – cherry blossoms with a gourd. The signature was made using a gold Kaô on the seppa dai. It is 3 7/8ths. inches –…