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Japanese sword owners - need some help

DannyinJapan

DannyinJapan

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I need some hi-resolution pictures of a katana with a kozuka. It needs to be against a plain background. I need the sword, sheathed, with the kozuka showing and another one with the kozuka pulled halfway out and then all the way out.
Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
 
mine doesn't have a kozuka knife, have a small (not hi-res :( ) picture from kanzan sato's book 'the japanese sword' that shows a guardless short sword with the kozuka knife in the scabbard and the (unusual) second kozuka knife from the other side lying next to it. owned by uesugi kenshin (1530-1578). lots of pics of the kozukas themselves along with kogai, menuki, as sets. kosuka pics do not show the knife blade except in kenshin's one. (kozuka technically is the handle). none part way out. maybe someone else can help.
 
I need it for a book I am writing, so it needs to be an original that I have permission to use..
 
you could ask Keith Larman, he is a traditional Japanese sword polisher.

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