Thread: J-Nat club

I see its not the traditional Maruka stamp ..

If you do a google search of "Nakayama Maruka stamps " in images , you will see many with the same formations as mine...

Even I'm a bit confused

Originally Posted by JOB15

I see its not the traditional Maruka stamp ..

If you do a google search of "Nakayama Maruka stamps " in images , you will see many with the same formations as mine...

Even I'm a bit confused

It helps to talk with Alex, he knows his stuff.

Attached is an image of a stone I got from Alex, an akepin. It's a softer stone, very nice and pretty with pink bands, but marginal as a razor finisher.

You can see the 'EP' stamp, which is not EP as you might guess. You can also see a similar stamp to other stones in a rectangular box on the left, which I have seen on many stones of a wide variety of qualities. You cannot buy using these stamps. many of them just say that it's from the mountain above Kyoto, which is a good thing but not very meaningful. Or, 'this is the real deal baby!" Let us not forget that the Japanese marketed their goods successfully and stamps, even a maruka stamp, is marketing to a great degree.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by JOB15

Isnt the Maruka stamp the sign above the EP mark?

Your stone is Stamper with the Maruichi stamp, the circle with the symbol inside.

Maruka stamp looks like that:

Originally Posted by JOB15

I see its not the traditional Maruka stamp ..

If you do a google search of "Nakayama Maruka stamps " in images , you will see many with the same formations as mine...

Even I'm a bit confused

Here is the difference between Maruishi an Maruka stamps

Maruichi:

市印 - Maruichi jirushi, Maruichi brand.

特撰 - Tokusen, especially selected.

It has been said that this stamp was used by Kato-san when he ran the quarry at Nakayama. Allegedly, not all stones with this stamp are from Nakayama. For whatever reason - there doesn’t seem to be any hard data on this stamp’s origin, use, or history.



Maruka - ㋕正本山

Translation: Maruka Shou-Honyama. A stamp that is found on the ends of stones quarried at Nakayama. This was used by Hatanaka, the circled ‘Ka’ character paid homage to Kato-san, the previous owner of the mine. The translation of ‘maru’ is circle; the circled Ka translates to Maru-Ka or Maruka. the rest of the characters are Shou-hon-yama which mean ‘Real Original Mountain’.

No one knows really the history of the stamps.

I see.. So the mistake is in the advertisement.


Nakayama maruka Maruichi Kamisori Karasu Lv 5+ (a313) - Japanese Natural Stones

I should change my avatar to "The Maruka sham"

I just gambled on ebay. Fingers crossed that I scored a full size kiita... please be advised. I like risks and this method of shopping for jnats should never be contemplated by beginners.

Originally Posted by prodigy

I just gambled on ebay. Fingers crossed that I scored a full size kiita... please be advised. I like risks and this method of shopping for jnats should never be contemplated by beginners.

Hope it turns out to be a good one Kyle.

Three new stones in today.
Hatanaka stamped Nakayama Maruka
Hatanaka koppa
Very cool looking Nakayama Maruka Asagi with tree rings pattern

Originally Posted by mainaman

Three new stones in today.
Hatanaka stamped Nakayama Maruka
Hatanaka koppa
Very cool looking Nakayama Maruka Asagi with tree rings pattern

Repairs for the house? Maybe a new room? Or did you find out that some weren't true nakayama stones and replaced them with genuine stamped ones? (referring to the message under the name)
Beautiful stones in any case.

Stefan, would it be rude of me if I asked how many jnats you own? And how many of those are maruka? I'm just curious because I thought I have HAD pretty bad, but after seeing your posts I might only be in the beginning stages lol