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Hi Im jo just wandering if anybody could help me out I got 2 short swords, 1 tanto and a yari, Im needing help to interpret signatures? You could contact me at at my email ad jrgorospe@yahoo.com thanks |
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Silver hoop earrings are one of the styles that are in rage with not only the teenagers but also with the the black pearl earrings the adults. Hoop earrings are similar to a ring and are in circular shape. The sizes of the hoops vary from looped hoops to gypsy
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Dear Santa-san, It's a bit off-season for wishes, but just in case if you have any of these books in stock in the next 20 years, please remember me: Iimura Yoshiaki, Yumei Koto Taikan Thank you.
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Accidentally I found an old article by Harry Afu Watson where he describes his path of becoming a translator of sword literature. I've always had a great respect for Harry's work, and this article only makes my admiration stronger.
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@jcexplorer tweeted yesterday about Japanese Castle Explorer's Interactive Map. I must say, very well done!
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After 8 months of sitting long evenings over books and typing Kanji, I have more than 6000 individual smith records manually verified and in good shape and more than 3100 new signatures in the database. Phew! Each record in Swordsmith record has now Province and Era filled in. This is very important as smiths can be identified by a trio "art name-province-era" and if any part is missing, you can never be sure without going back to the books. Next target is (see you in one year :-) ) verification of all remaining records (around 4700 of them). Also you may already have noticed that record format had changed slightly.
P.S. Something good is coming in 2-3 weeks. Don't miss it!
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I would like to share an interesting observation (not Nihonto related). On an average day Nihonto Club gets around 30-40 spamming attempts. But October 6th had an absolute record: 611! Thanks to our briliant anti-spam filters, no one was hurt.
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If you are a regular visitor of sword sites, you may have already seen few references to a brand new Nihonto related wibsite http://www.nihontoauction.com which advertises itself as "new nihonto marketplace, buy and sell your swords and sword fittings and related items". It has a familiar eBay-like interface, very easy to navigate, clear and simple. There haven't been any finished auctions yet and listings come only from one source (site owner, I presume), but it looks very promising. I'm jealous. There were many attempts over years trying to create an attractive alternative to eBay, especially after recent sword unfriendly policies and general pollution with fakes. I wish Nihonto Auction every success as it seems to be done properly (from technical perspective) which in my opinion is a major driver to user acceptance.
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