Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:37:45 -0600
From: Anthony Bryant <
ajbryant@...>
Subject: Shinto & swords (was: swords (was ...Eras))
*snip*Many years ago, I had a koshigatana that had been made in 1368. The
mei read
"Bishu Osafune Munemitsu saku." It was short, very slim (essentially, a
katana
at about 69% scale), with a really deep curve. I loved that sword.
When I went off to Japan in '86, I left it (along with my original
ten-volume,
1700 printing of Arai Hakuseki's "Honcho Gunki-ko") with my old roommates
for
safekeeping. A mutual friend showed up a few weeks later and told them that
I'd
said she could hold on to them for me.
Never saw 'em again.
Tony
Oh, Tony. I'm so sorry. Eighteen years later, that's still heartbreaking.
And that's just from my side of the screen.
Gereg