Thread: Maruka & Nakayama Stamps 2013

Originally Posted by WW243

... and that super nice guy who lives in Japan who had a fantastic blog but has since moved on....

Do you mean JimR? So what is wrong with him?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Hi Alex, so that whole series of images, within the photo, is "the" stamp ? IOW, not one of the vertical lines of kanji but the whole thing ?

Jimmy
I think you are asking which is the Maruka stamp in my photo. It is the one second from the left on the bottom row. This would be the most likely forged stamp, or copied stamp.
Maruka is not an unusual trade name in Japan, there are Maruka grocery stores for heavens sake but the configuration in the rectangle with the exact same brush strokes that make up the authentic stamp that Hatanaka now uses as in the photo above is the one and only correct registered stamp.

And no this is not about from who or from whom to buy from, it is more about what you buy with an eye to detail in regards to the shear quality of the stone, and a heads up that there will be stamped stones on the market here soon that have ink stamps that read in kanji "Nakayama", and that these stones may or may not be actually from the Nakayama mine.

I think Traskrom hit it correctly.

Alex

Did I say something was wrong with him, just the opposite.

Originally Posted by Nikolay

Do you mean JimR? So what is wrong with him?

Originally Posted by alx

Jimmy
I think you are asking which is the Maruka stamp in my photo. It is the one second from the left on the bottom row. This would be the most likely forged stamp, or copied stamp.

Thanks Alex, so it is this one ;

Originally Posted by WW243

Did I say something was wrong with him, just the opposite.

Life / family happened to him, I sure hope he'll be back one day.

For those of you who haven't seen it, here's his blog; Blogs | Eastern Smooth

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Thanks Alex, so it is this one ;

Yes, that is the one.
Alex

Originally Posted by Lemur

Life / family happened to him, I sure hope he'll be back one day.

For those of you who haven't seen it, here's his blog; Blogs | Eastern Smooth

I think Jim is much happier now with his baby son than with stones and razors

https://twitter.com/EasternSmooth/st...258048/photo/1

Originally Posted by alx

Yes, that is the one.
Alex

This is so called MARUKA stamp.


But what is about MARUICHI ?




Is there any info on how should it looks like and on it's history?


Time have no marcy to stamps... this is what have become on stamps with time:

Originally Posted by Nikolay

This is so called MARUKA stamp.


But what is about MARUICHI ?




Is there any info on how should it looks like and on it's history?

Sorry Nikolay, I really have not done enough research on the Maruichi stamps but So-san has this great page of stones here below, he knows his stuff. Always study the back of all stones you run across. If you have ever watched professional stone buyers in Kyoto or antique dealers the world over look at merchandise, they spend half their time looking at the back of the stone or the painting or the back of a Chippendale cabinet. The unfinished raw material surfaces can tell a lot.
http://japan-tool.com/toishi/tennen/.../Maruichi.html

Alex

Originally Posted by alx

If you have ever watched professional stone buyers in Kyoto or antique dealers the world over look at merchandise, they spend half their time looking at the back of the stone or the painting or the back of a Chippendale cabinet.

The unfinished raw material surfaces can tell a lot.


Alex

Thank you very much.

The devil is in detail as usual.

Why oh why can't they just stamp them in English .......... ?

Just kidding BTW ..........