Satsuma mounts of Mototake

There is a very good book on Satsuma Smiths put out by the Kagoshima Branch of the NBTHK in 1970 called Satsuma To Meisaku Shu. Most of the swords featured interestingly in the book were owned by the Kagoshima Branch members.

My Mototake is a case in point. This sword made in 1792 was registered in Kagoshima in 1951 and is numbered # 709 and very early number indeed. In 1964 the mounts of this sword were papered Kicho Kodogu by a certain Furukawa whose name is on the ninteisho whom owned this sword before me. I suspect he was the owner immediately before me and if so, from Kagoshima.
Here is a picture of the orginal mounts. Note how Satsuma they are....Satsuma samurai greatly liked gaudy rakish colours to show their spirit.