拍品專文
With original certificate of registration as a Juyo bijutsuhin [Important Art Object] dated 16 February 1937
The important Ichimonji (literally, 'the character ichi [one]') school flourished in Bizen Province from around 1200 until the fourteenth century, at first centred at Fukuoka and later at Yoshioka; the most famous of the Yoshioka smiths are Sukemitsu, Sukeyoshi, Sukeshige and Sukehide. As the name implies, all Ichimonji blades are signed with the character ichi, consisting of a simple horizontal stroke and meaning 'one', sometimes with the smith's individual name written underneath. The Ichimonji hamon [tempering pattern] became slightly more expressive in the later period, with extensive use of the irregular choji-midare pattern.
The important Ichimonji (literally, 'the character ichi [one]') school flourished in Bizen Province from around 1200 until the fourteenth century, at first centred at Fukuoka and later at Yoshioka; the most famous of the Yoshioka smiths are Sukemitsu, Sukeyoshi, Sukeshige and Sukehide. As the name implies, all Ichimonji blades are signed with the character ichi, consisting of a simple horizontal stroke and meaning 'one', sometimes with the smith's individual name written underneath. The Ichimonji hamon [tempering pattern] became slightly more expressive in the later period, with extensive use of the irregular choji-midare pattern.