BIZEN: YOSHII
A BIZEN YOSHII WAKIZASHI
Details
A BIZEN YOSHII WAKIZASHI
MUROMACHI PERIOD, DATED OEI 12 (1405), SIGNED YOSHINORI (YOSHINORI II)
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 6 sun, 2 bu (49.1cm.); curvature (sori): torii-zori of 1.2cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.8cm.; carving (horimono): kaki-nagashi bo-hi on either side.
Forging pattern (jihada): wood grain (itame) of mixed textures.
Tempering pattern (hamon): peaked invections with irregular patterns (gonome midare) in bright nioi and nie, together with 'swept sands' (sunagashi).
Point (boshi): full brushed tip (hakikake).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): Bizen, suriage approximately 2 cm. and with a soft, brown patina; file marks (yasurime): slanted (katte-sagari); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (katanamei): Yoshinori; date (jidai): Oei 12-nen 2-gatsu hi (a day in the 2nd month of Oei 12 (1405)).
Shirasaya with attestation by Sato Kanzan.
Silk storage bag.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate, no. 144663, Showa 43 (1968); a koshu tokubetsu kicho token certificate, no. 5268, Showa 50 (1975); and a hozon token certificate, no. 308107, Showa 62 (1987), giving the blade to Sanjo Yoshinori, issued by the N.B.T.H.K.
MUROMACHI PERIOD, DATED OEI 12 (1405), SIGNED YOSHINORI (YOSHINORI II)
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 6 sun, 2 bu (49.1cm.); curvature (sori): torii-zori of 1.2cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.8cm.; carving (horimono): kaki-nagashi bo-hi on either side.
Forging pattern (jihada): wood grain (itame) of mixed textures.
Tempering pattern (hamon): peaked invections with irregular patterns (gonome midare) in bright nioi and nie, together with 'swept sands' (sunagashi).
Point (boshi): full brushed tip (hakikake).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): Bizen, suriage approximately 2 cm. and with a soft, brown patina; file marks (yasurime): slanted (katte-sagari); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (katanamei): Yoshinori; date (jidai): Oei 12-nen 2-gatsu hi (a day in the 2nd month of Oei 12 (1405)).
Shirasaya with attestation by Sato Kanzan.
Silk storage bag.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate, no. 144663, Showa 43 (1968); a koshu tokubetsu kicho token certificate, no. 5268, Showa 50 (1975); and a hozon token certificate, no. 308107, Showa 62 (1987), giving the blade to Sanjo Yoshinori, issued by the N.B.T.H.K.
Provenance
David Craig
Douglas J. K. Wright, London
Douglas J. K. Wright, London