Gendaito oshigata books in order

With the exception of very early gendaito smiths, such as gassan sadakazu, horii taneyoshi, miyamoto kanenori, sakurai masatsugu, rayama enshin, kasama shinetsugu and takahashi sadatsugu, few are illustrated in the standard comprehensive books featuring oshigata. He was born asano shinichi on december 19th 1910 in the city of seki in mino noshu province and was apprenticed to master swordsmith kojima kanemichi in 1923. An oshigata book of modern japanese swordsmiths, 18681945. This book has the information about guntogendaito smiths and polishers and. Oshigata can also be conveniently scanned and sent electronically all around the world, saving you money on wasted postage and appraisal costs or potential polishing costs. This is a fine gendaito by the seki smith kuriyama kaneaki. Rivanna river company, may 1, 2001 swordsmiths 272 pages. These books divided the swordsmiths following their province like shinto shu and shinshinto shu by fujishiro yoshio. Out of print oshigata are the informational carvings on the handle, or tang, of a japanese sword. I then always promised to do so but kept postponing such a project, on the one hand because i was so occupied with providing information. The oshigata book 104 oshigata unusual, rare and interesting oshigata from japanese sword blades of all periods with full english translation. Swords and john sloughs oshigata book are exceptions, but have a different focus. The oshigata book japanese sword identification rare. It measures 63cm and has a hamon with profuse activity, having sunagashi running throughout.

Planned was a book that introduces in an alphabetical order as many as possible gendaito smiths but then throughout 2015 and up to early 2016, i had received so much data that i started to think of a twopronged approach. An oshigata book of modern japanese swordsmiths 18681945 on. From koto to gendaito, about 300 blades are listed well. Gendaito are swords produced since the abolition of the samurai class 1868 and abolition of the right to wear swords 1876, and, as such, somehow are not true.

Gendaito by kiyokatsu page 5 nihonto nihonto message. One aid in determining whether or not a blade is made in traditional manner, i. The devotion of suspect x is book three in detective galileo series by bestselling japanese novelist keigo higashino. Kissaki has been reshaped, it has good boshi but a polisher would have to decide if it could be reshaped to a more traditional shape, however it is not that unattractive as is. He took 2nd seat in the 1941 sword competition and is known for making, medium to highgrade gendaito. The authoritative standard on shinshinto period swords includes many gendaito.

Swordsmiths of the gendaito period 1868 to 1989 by fred fimio. Gennita low is proudly powered by wordpress entries rss and comments rss. He kept his oshigata and info on the smiths in about two dozen binders when i last saw him. Japaneselanguage text with outstanding, large format oshigata. Books for sale the japanese sword society of canada. There is also a very nice gunto koshirae in excellent condition.

Most likely yoshida kanekado,seki gunto tosho who received swordsmith licence 26th october 1939,he was ranked as chuge by kurihara hikosaburo akihide in the 1942 listings,there are a couple of oshigata of his signature in fuller and gregorys books,one with seki stamp the other with showa stamp the blade of which has an unusual horimono of fudomyoo. While it may be true that gendaito are not true samurai swords. Herman wallingas article gendaito made at the minatogawa shrine, published in the japanese sword society of the united states journal volume 33, number 3, 2001 is the definitive english language reference for blades of the minatogawa shrine. Hiroshi sugimoto has 47 books on goodreads with 1547 ratings. Asano kanesane, also spelled kanezane, is one of the better documented swordsmiths of the showa ww ii era. Gendaito, which are made during the showa period 1926 1989, are also called showato. Original 1939 pattern shin gunto with all matching fittings. Gendaito meisaku zuikan sato kanzan 1977 from the englishlanguage index, the noted author declares this an illustrated book of masterpieces made by contemporary japanese swordsmiths. An oshigata book of modern japanese swordsmiths 18681945. It contains more than 200 clear gendaito smiths oshigatas with their profile. While all gendai smiths have not received origami, one can be assured that the blades by papered smiths are true. Noshu ju sukenobu saku, showa 16, june 1942 year made.

Also, they indicated some errors that appeared in fujishiros toko jiten. Morinobu katanaoshigata used in sloughs book of showa. As the author reveals on the preface, this book is purely made for wise bidding at auction and kantei. The series features detective galileo, also known as manabu yukawa is a physics professor and a police officer kusanagi. These swords probably were a special order from a group of naval officers or a naval officers association. Well more that an expanded revision of the authors 1996 work, here dawson has amassed. The beginning of the gendaito era by mr leon kapp, ms hiroko kapp, mr leo monson isbn. Books by hiroshi sugimoto author of hiroshi sugimoto. Please send postal money order, bank draft or paypal made payable to fred fimio at. Limited edition privately published and printed by the authors, 1985 144 pages. From the author of the well known toko taikan 1977, this book bares distinction as its 110 pages of. In april of 1930, he became an independent swordsmith and adopted the art name of kanesane.

In them, furuya illustrates oshigata showing that a second yoshichika existed. When john lived near me, he took oshigata of most of my gendaito and showa era blades. A very graceful gendaito made by a well respected and well published he is listed in the toko taikan and nihonto meikan as well as slough showa era smith. Still more thoughts on gendaito prepared for the rochester study group, september 26, 1992, by christopher sly updated in march of 2015 by chris bowen and edited by danny massey the term gendaito has been defined in several different ways in english language sword texts. These two books are the most accurate and reliable books ever published for nihonto oshigata. From the englishlanguage index, the noted author declares this an illustrated book of masterpieces made by contemporary japanese swordsmiths. He has enough material for several books without resorting to stuff on my oshigata page. The author is famous ono tadashi who wrote the book, gendai toko meikan. John slough new oshigata bookupdated version military. This book contains more than 500 swordsmiths with superclean oshigata. In other words, there is no way to fit all these gigabytes into a single physical book and i also didnt want to have.

Hide all used hide unspecified hide acceptable hide good hide very good hide like new hide rentals hide digital hide variants hide backorders store languages. The foregoing omissions make this a useful reference volume. Hiroshi sugimotos most popular book is hiroshi sugimoto. An oshigata book of modern japanese swordsmiths 18681945 unknown binding 2001. Planned was a book that introduces in an alphabetical order as many. However, these early gendaito are different in many respects from the traditional gendaito made after wwii ended in 1945. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Many dealers are using this book to justify calling a mediocre blade a gendaito when it is not. The samurai sword by john yumoto classic starter book. Yasuko hanaoka is a single mom whos just trying to get ahead after divorcing her abusive husband. As previously explained, gendaito swords are characterized by their production in 1876 to 1945. Sukenobu is a listed raikugun jumei tosho that was licensed by the. Swords of japan kaneaki gendaito katana swords of japan. The title of this book is modern japanese swords and swordsmiths and it was written by leon kapp, hiroko kapp, yoshindo yoshihara.

Gendaito are swords produced since the abolition of the samurai class 1868. Still more thoughts on gendaito prepared for the rochester. While many people assume that gendaito is the most recent classification of japanese swords, theres actually a newer classification. Koto, suekoto, keichoshinto, shinto, shinshinto, and gendaito. And a few nuts are attributing swords to makers listed in this book. In all, the works of thirtyfive contemporary tosho are shown in large format plates with oshigata and photographs as seen here. Hawley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.

He continued to make special order swords, some of which are considered gendaito made in the traditional manner. Subtitled, unusual, rare, and interesting oshigata from japanese sword blades of all periods. You will still have to study authentic examples inhand in order to learn the difference. Of the five titles published over a twentyfive year period, three early monographs devoted entirely to oshigata are of particular interest for the study of gendaito, traditionally made swords of the period. You will still have to study authentic examples inhand in. Kanetoshi was a rikugun jumei tosho or registered army smith of note. There will be references in the form of oshigata and blade pictures and. In addition to all the above, oshigata are an excellent method of study not only for the viewer, but for the artist too.