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    THE EDORIS COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ART/JAPANESE ART & DESIGN

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    10 November 2004

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    • A Hizen Katana
    Lot 20

    A Hizen Katana

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

    Price realised

    GBP 26,290

    Estimate

    GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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    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

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    Literature and exhibited

    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


    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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