Ohhannya-Nagamitsu, Ishida-Masamune, and others in National Museum, Tokyo.

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fujita yuji

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Hi, its about half an year passed since I've posted last thing in this particular forum.

Yet again, sword exhibition from National museum of Japan, Tokyo.

https://picasaweb.google.com/100590...seumTokyoNov212014?authuser=0&feat=directlink

They are regularly altered and pretty much different swords I could see from last time.
Again I'm just a hobby knife making man and nothing like an expert of swords.
The photos are ordered as the label, the tang, overall view and the details for each sword.

I wish you enjoy them.
 
Thanks. Happy to see you enjoy them.
Also, let me hear which one is your favorite.
I like Okanehira(thi first one), Norishige tanto (7th) and Ishida Masamune(8th), in this order.
 
Lovely swords, thanks for sharing. My favorites are in this order: Norishige Tanto, Okanehira, Ishida Masamune, Nagamitsu Tachi, Ohosho Sadayoshi.
 
These are definitely my top three... Okanehira (strongly my first choice), Nagamitsu Tachi, Ishida Masamune. I guess I am a sucker for the tachi sugata.
The kasane of the Ohosho tanto is very intriguing.
 
Stuart,
I understand, the Okanehira would be my favorite if not partial to Norishige ;)
 
Well I am going on visceral reaction, not historical or other importance. If you have anything to share to support the Norishige, I'd be very interested. I'm very slowly working my way through "The Connoisseurs Book of Japanese Swords" so hopefully my "visceral" reactions will become "tempered" with knowledge..:p
 
Thanks Fujita Yuji, for the amazing photos. All of the swords are wonderous, but my favorite is still the chokuto from your last museum post! :D
 
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I went last year and hope to visit again in spring. I love the collection there - it takes my breath away. Thanks for the photos - I didn't know they rotated the exhibits so now I'm even more excited.

were there muramasa and masamunes year round? I saw them last year...
 
The Yuan and Kunimune katana, I'm a sucker for Nombochuko styled swords, that o-kissaki speaks to me.....hope to be in Japan in May, 2015 and will definitely make it back to the Museum. Last time I was there about 6 years ago, the featured exhibit was the Treasures of the Tokugawa Dynasty.....amazing!

Best Regards,

STeven Garsson
 
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spyken said:
I went last year and hope to visit again in spring. I love the collection there - it takes my breath away. Thanks for the photos - I didn't know they rotated the exhibits so now I'm even more excited.

were there muramasa and masamunes year round? I saw them last year...
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Hy, spyken. I''m happy to see you appreciated them in person.
The good thing is, basically they are free to take photos unless they are considered as a sacred treasure of some shrine or temple.

http://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_exhibition/index.php?controller=item&id=4152&lang=ja

You can check the sword exhibition schedule above. It has an English switch button but shown information gets less compared to Japanese.
According to the article, current exhibition is to be altered in Feb. 15th but what to come next is unknown. This is only my guess but the museum may have no long term schedule which sword is to be shown.
I think the exhibited swords are changed four times in a year, which means each sword is in exhibition for three months.
I have no information about Muramasa of the national museum but as far as Masamune concerned, they have a few of them and Tachi, Wakizashi or Tanto is in exhibition most of the time.
I wish this could be your help.
 
Thank you very much - I ignorantly did not know that the exhibition rotated. Now that adds back to the travel budget. ehh -- that hurts

I am so far behind most of the crowd here, but I'm looking esthetically and the Masamune has that hamon with such an amazing wave that just flows for my eye.
 
Happy to see you enjoyed them, srf11.
Being knowledgeable is by no means a good way to appreciate the swords but I believe it doesn't exclude the possibility to appreciate them without having exact knowledge.
And yes, living in Tokyo hits the budget considerably.
 
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