WITH SIGNATURE HIZEN KUNI JU NIN TADAYOSHI SAKU, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

Details

A Hizen Katana
With signature Hizen kuni ju nin Tadayoshi saku, Edo Period (17th Century)
Blade honzukuri, iori-mune, shallow curve, forging pattern bright koitame with konie, tempered edge ko-gunome in suguha, ashi, sunagashi, ko-maru boshi, tang with two holes, kurijiri, katte-sagari file marks, double gold habaki, nagasa 74.7cm., in shirasaya

Literature

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokubetsu ten, Hizen Nabeshima Meiho ten, Ryu no Tosogu to Kyushu no Meito (Tokyo, 1997), cat.no.18, p.9

Exhibited

Tokubetsu ten, Hizen Nabeshima Meiho ten, Ryu no Tosogu to Kyushu no Meito [Special Exhibition of Treasures of the Nabeshima Family, Sword Fittings with Dragons and Masterpieces of Swords of Kyushu], The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo, September 1997

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Lot Essay

Although the blade is a fine quality and typical Hizen sword, the low curve, almost in the shape of a Kambun shinto, is unexpected for this version of the signature of Tadayoshi I. However, there are many daimei among Hizen swords, and other generations (in particular the fourth) who also used the 'ju nin' signature.

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