SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE [NO] JU YOKOYAMA SUKEKANE SAKU, TOMONARI GOJUHACHI DAI MAGO, AND OJU GANNEN NIGATSU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Sukekane, first known as Toshiyoshi, and later signing Toshizaemon, was the adopted son of Yokoyama Sukemori. Most of his works date from around 1860, just before the Meiji Restoration. Like other Yokoyama smiths his hamon [temper lines] recall the Ishido and earlier Bizen styles reminiscent of Ichimonji work.