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| MUSASHI DAIJO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO WAKIZASHI NBTHK JUYO TOKEN
STYLE: SHOBU ZUKURI MEI: MUSASHI DAIJO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO NAGASA: 45.1 cm HADA: KO-ITAME BOSHI: KO-MARU HORIMONO: BO-HI, SO-HI
BILATERALLY HABAKI: TWO PIECE GOLD
MUSASHI DAIJO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO (1572 - 1632) WAKIZASHI NBTHK JUYO TOKEN THIS EXQUISITELY FORGED WAKIZASHI IS DONE IN THE SHOBU ZUKURI OR IRIS LEAF STYLE. IT EXHIBITS EXTREMELY TIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL ITAME HADA WITH MINUTE PARTICLES OF JI-NIE ENTWINED AMONGST THE HADA ME. IT IS SAID THAT AMONG THE WORKS OF TADAHIRO, THERE IS NO TRUE SUGUBA, RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THEY CONTAIN HOTSURE AND OR KO-ASHI NADO IN THEM.
IT IS NOTED HOWEVER, THAT THOSE WORKS BEARING THE MEI "MUSASHI NO DIAJO" THERE ARE TRUE SUGUBA. _____________________________________________________________ TADAHIRO, ORIGINALLY TADAYOSHI WAS BORN GENKE 3 (1572). HIS REAL NAME WAS 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 PRESTIGIOUS 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. _____________________________________________________________ THE SHODAI GOJIMEI TADAYOSHI AND THE MUSASHI no DAIJO TADAHIRO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME PERSON, BUT THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE IN THE WORKS BETWEEN THE JI AND THE APPICATION OF THE TAGANE. IT IS SUMMARIZED, THAT AFTER HIS INVESTITURE AS "MUSASHI no DAIJO" HIS MENTAL ATTITUDE CHANGED DRASTICALLY. THIS RESULTED IN HIS WORKS BECOMING EXTREMELY ELEGANT, COMPARED TO THE TADAYOSHI WORKS WHICH WERE RATHER PLAIN.
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. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS MEI CAN BE SEEN ON PAGE 100-101 OF THE NIHONTO KOZA. DON'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THE WORK OF ONE OF THE MOST PRODIGIOUS SWORD SMITHS OF ALL TIME. A BEAUTIFUL WORK THAT WAS FORGED DURING THE MOST ELEGANT TIME OF HIS CAREER. THE JUYO ACCEPTANCE PAPERS ARE SHOWN. THE ACTUAL JUYO CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED, AND WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE OWNER UPON RECEIPT. $55,000 USD
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