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W.Bodiford
15th August 2001, 18:29
A friend just sent me an e-mail about the following item on eBay:


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>Title of item: JAPANESE VERY OLD SCROLL POLEARM YARI
>Seller: ctrim
>Starts: Aug-14-01 08:32:34 PDT
>Ends: Aug-21-01 08:32:34 PDT
>Price: Currently $200.00
>To bid on the item, go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1178825977
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>Item Description:
> THIS IS A VERY OLD JAPANESE SCROLL DATED 4TH YEAR TENMEI, 3RD MONTH, A FORTUITOUS DAY, (1784 ),GE, THE SCROLL HAS SAMURAI WITH LONG SPEARS OR YARI, THERE IS A COUPLE OF FOLD LINES AND SOME SMALL TEARS TO ONE END , HOWEVER IT IS A VERY NICE SCROLL WHICH WOULD LOOK GREAT MOUNTED BEHIND GLASS.
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From the photos of the scroll, one can see that it is titled: "Hikitaryu jochu mokuroku." The lineage on the scroll begins with Hikita Bungoro Kagetomo, the famous disciple of Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami.

The photos are nice even if one is not interested in purchasing it.