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KATANA HIZEN NO KUNI JU NIN MINAMOTO TADAYOSHI NBTHK TOKUBETSU HOZON
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1st GENERATION TADAYOSHI HIZEN NO KUNI JU NIN MINAMOTO TADAYOSHI NBTHK TOKUBETSU HOZON Sugata: Suriage, Shinogi Zukuri Nagasa: 72.1cm Overall: 93.5cm Sori: 1.5cm Moto-Haba: 3.2cm
Moto-Kasane: 0.7cm
Hamon:
Suguha-Fu-Gunome-Midare Jihada: Koitame(Nashiji)
SHODAI, HIZEN NO KUNI TADAYOSHI ( 1572 - 1632) HE WAS KNOWN AS HASHIMOTO SHINZAEMON, AND WAS ORIGINALLY OF BUGE (SAMURAI FAMILY). HIS GRANDFATHER WAS A RETAINER OF THE RYUZOJI KE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WAS KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF TENSHO 12 (1585), AS WAS TADAYOSHI'S FATHER. AT AGE 13 WITH PERMISSION HE BEGAN TO STUDY FORGING METHODS AT THE SMITHY OF NAGASEMURA. IN 1596 HE WENT TO KYOTO AND ENTERED THE MON OF UMETADA MYOJU. THE TITLE OF MUSASHI NO DAIJO WAS RECEIVED IN 1624 AND HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO TADAHIRO. IT IS SAID HE PASSED AWAY AUGUST 15, 1632. _____________________________________________________________
THIS IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF WORK BY SHODAI TADAYOSHI. SHODAI TADAYOSHI'S WORKS ARE RATED SAIJOSAKU BY FUJISHIRO. TADAYOSHI'S WORKS ARE RATED "SAIJO OWAZAMONO" (SUPREME SHARPNESS) ACCORDING TO THE "KOKIN KAJI BIKOSEN" BY YAMADA ASAUEMON YOSHICHIKA. THIS SWORD WAS PUBLISHED IN "HIZEN NO KATANA TO TSUBA" BY N. FUKUNAGA, 1974. OSHIGATA OF THE THIS WORD IS PUBLISHED IN THE "NIHON TO KOZA". THE OSHIGATA OF THIS VERY SWORD MAY BE SEEN IN WATSON'S ENGLISH VERSION OF THE NIHON TO KOZA, SHINTO VOL., PAGE 320. THIS SWORD HAS BEEN IN THE POSSESSION OF A JAPANESE COLLECTOR FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IS PRICED AT A TOKUBETSU LEVEL. THIS SWORD IS CERTAINLY A CANDIDATE FOR JUYO SHINSA. THIS IS A WONDERFUL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY, IF JUYO LEVEL WAS OBTAINED, THE VALUE WOULD INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. DON'T MISS THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THE WORK OF ONE OF THE MOST PRODIGIOUS SWORD SMITHS OF ALL TIME.
$46,850
NOTE: THIS SWORD IS A CONSIGNMENT PIECE AND WILL REMAIN IN THE OWNERS POSSESSION IN JAPAN UNTIL AFTER THE SALE. PROCESSING FOR EXPORT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS. A TWO DAY INSPECTION PERIOD WILL BE OFFERED, WITH A FULL REFUND MINUS SHIPPING / INSURANCE IF NOT AS DESCRIBED.
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