A Hizen Katana
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A Hizen Katana

SIGNED HIZEN KUNI JU FUJIWARA TADAHIRO, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 17TH CENTURY)

細節
A Hizen Katana
Signed Hizen kuni ju Fujiwara Tadahiro, Edo Period (Early 17th Century)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki

Kitae [forging pattern]: tightly packed ko-itame with jinie

Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha of konie with wide habuchi, gunome, ashi, yo, kuichigai-ba

Boshi [tip]: ko-maru

Nakago [tang]: ubu, two holes (one plugged)

Habaki [collar]: single, copper-gilt

In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]: with sayagaki by Honma Kunzan, requested by Mr. Aoyama in Showa 29th (1954)

Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 73.8cm.

Sori [curvature]: 1.9cm.

Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 3cm.

Sakihaba [width before tip]: 2.1cm.
來源
Aoyama Kokichi
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

This fine blade is by Tadayoshi I of Hizen Province. Born Hashimoto Shinzaemon in Saga in 1574, he became a retained sword smith of the ruling Nabeshima clan of Hizen Province. In 1596 he was sent to Kyoto where he studied under Umetada Myoju for three years. Returning to Hizen he set up forge in the castle town of Nagase, to establish a school which was to last for beyond the Edo period. In 1624 he was invested with the title of Musashi daijo, and assumed the name Tadahiro, which he used until his death at the age of 61 in 1632.
Hizen School swords are characterized by the finest konie hada with rich and even jinie. The hamon of rich ko-nie varies from suguha, to gunome, and a characteristic form of rounded choji with long ashi sometimes reaching down close to the cutting edge. The work of the first generation in particular often has pronounced chikei and sumihada, with fine variations in the hamon.