拍品專文
Probably by the second of two generations working in the latter part of the 16th century, Masashige was of the Kanabo, or Kanefusa, school of Nanto ('the southern capital' - Nara). The Kanabo were one of the early groups in the Yamato tradition of Nara who are believed to have influenced sword-making in Mino, as reflected in the similarity in many of the smith's names to those of the Mino smiths.