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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 6284506, member: 14873&quot;]Please excuse the double-post response above. I was an avid collector and researcher when I lived in Japan some sixty years ago. The swords I depict on the stand are for decoration of my writing desk - something nice to look at as I render my calligraphy. On top: Satsuma shin-Shinto wakazashi in the same koshirae as that on the cover of the&nbsp; MFA Earle book. Below: signed kanekado (Mino province, 1605) blade in storage scabbard (shirasaya).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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