Solingen Germany, March 22nd 2025, NBTHK-EB Meeting
The second NBTHK-EB meeting of the year was once again held at the Blade Museum in Solingen.
As spring seems to be finally arriving, a group of twenty members attended the meeting on this warm and sunny day. Some members traveled long distances from Germany, France, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
The theme was a very general “bring and tell,” but the exhibited items were a real treat.
Kantei #1
- Naginata – Kanesaki, Settsu, late Muromachi period
- Wakizashi – Kato Chounsai Tsunatoshi, Shin-Shinto,
- Naginata – Koyama Bizen no Suke Fujiwara Munetsugu – Juyo
- Katana- Kuniyasu (国安) (Horikawa, 堀川) – Juyo
- Katana – Iyo Daijō Katsukuni (published in Tōken-Bijutsu 02-2025 No. 817)
Kantei #2
- Tanto – Bishu Osafune Tomomitsu (moroha-zukuri, ~1530)
- Tanto – Yukimitsu and Sukesada (moroha-zukuri form), dated 1547
- Wakizashi – mumei Yamato Shikkake school, Muromachi
- Ko-Gatana – Ono Yoshimitsu
- Wakizashi – mumei, probably Kaga
For kodogu the topic was „Hoan“, therefore together with two Hoan tsuba a signed Yamakichibei and two Ko-Akasaka tsuba where shown.
Another excellent tsuba was a work from the Sekibun school – moko no to tsuba with the motif of a ferocious tiger. The tsuba is signed: „Yurakusai + kaō Sekibun at the high age of 82 – Legitimate son and heir Katsura Masatoshi, resident in Oizumi in the Pr. Dewa’“. It is a joint work by Yurakusai Sekibun and his 4th son and heir Katsura Masatoshi.
Regardless of the theme, a group of Higo tsuba from each representative school was shown: Hirata Hikozo, Hayashi, Kamiyoshi, Nishigaki and Shimizu Jingo.
