YAMASHIRO--SANJO
A YAMASHIRO SANJO TACHI
Details
A YAMASHIRO SANJO TACHI
HEIAN PERIOD (10TH CENTURY), SIGNED YOSHIIE SAKU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 3 sun, 4.8 bu (71.1cm.); curvature (sori): torii-zori of 1.7cm.; carving (horimono): maru-dome bo-hi on both sides extending deeply into the present tang.
Forging pattern (jihada): itame/mokume.
Tempering pattern (hamon): suguba ko-midare in ko-nie, the outside midsection displaying extensive nie activity.
Point (boshi): flame-brushed tip (hakikake).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): o-suriage, approximately 15cm.; file marks (yasurime): o-sujikai; end (nakagojiri): squared (kirijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (tachimei): Yoshiie saku.
Shirasaya with attestation reading Meibutsu Tsuruga Yoshiie saku (made by the famous Tsuruga Yoshiie) and Shimazu ke kyu go-on katana (the sword formerly owned by the Shimazu family).
Accompanied by a photostat (original now lost) of an origami dated Meiji 5 (1871), signed by Kubota Yoshinori, a retainer to the Shimazu household, stating that the sword was used by Otomi Kaibu during the Battle of Sekigahara and that it was named Suruga Yoshiie. Later it was purchased purportedly by Tsunatomo, the 20th Shimazu generation in Genroku 10 (1697).
HEIAN PERIOD (10TH CENTURY), SIGNED YOSHIIE SAKU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 3 sun, 4.8 bu (71.1cm.); curvature (sori): torii-zori of 1.7cm.; carving (horimono): maru-dome bo-hi on both sides extending deeply into the present tang.
Forging pattern (jihada): itame/mokume.
Tempering pattern (hamon): suguba ko-midare in ko-nie, the outside midsection displaying extensive nie activity.
Point (boshi): flame-brushed tip (hakikake).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): o-suriage, approximately 15cm.; file marks (yasurime): o-sujikai; end (nakagojiri): squared (kirijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (tachimei): Yoshiie saku.
Shirasaya with attestation reading Meibutsu Tsuruga Yoshiie saku (made by the famous Tsuruga Yoshiie) and Shimazu ke kyu go-on katana (the sword formerly owned by the Shimazu family).
Accompanied by a photostat (original now lost) of an origami dated Meiji 5 (1871), signed by Kubota Yoshinori, a retainer to the Shimazu household, stating that the sword was used by Otomi Kaibu during the Battle of Sekigahara and that it was named Suruga Yoshiie. Later it was purchased purportedly by Tsunatomo, the 20th Shimazu generation in Genroku 10 (1697).
Provenance
Otomi Kaibu (purported)
Shimazu Tsunatomo, 20th daimyo (purported)
Shimazu family (purported)
Lillard P. Miller, San Antonio, Texas
Shimazu Tsunatomo, 20th daimyo (purported)
Shimazu family (purported)
Lillard P. Miller, San Antonio, Texas