HIDEHIRO, MUTO

GENDAITO

PUBLISHED SLOUGH’S PG. 31

SUGATA: SZ

MEI: (STAR) CHIKUGO NO KUNI MUTO HIDEHIRO

DATE: SHOWA NI NEN NI GATSU (FEBRUARY 1945)

NAGASA: 25.25″

OVERALL: 33.75″

MIHABA: 1.25″

KASANE: 0.25″

SORI: 0.5”

NAKAGO: UBU

MEKUGI ANA: ONE

YASURIME: YOKO YASURI

MUNE: IORI

HADA: ?

HAMON: KO-NOTARE BASED ON SUGUHA

BOSHI: O-MARU

HORIMONO OMOTE: NONE

HORIMONO URA: NONE

HABAKI:  1 PC. COPPER

SHIRASAYA

Gendaito by the prominent Fukuoka smith Muto Hidehiro. While no obvious flaws are seen, this sword does need polishing, so a detailed description is impossible. The hamon appears to be suguha, the boshi is komaru and intact which can be seen in the photos. It is ububa with no obvious flaws and therefore should take a polish without any difficulty.

This sword is featured in Slough,s page 31. He made medium to high grade gendaito

Courtesy of Sesko’s, Swordsmiths A-Z:

HIDEHIRO (秀弘), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Fukuoka – “Chikugo no Kuni-jū Mutō

Hidehiro” (筑後国住武藤秀弘), real name Mutō Hideyoshi (武藤秀吉, his first name also

reads Shūkichi), born December 29th 1891, he studied under his father, the 2nd gen. Mutō

Hisahiro (武藤久広) (he was the second son of the 2nd gen. Hisahiro), and worked as a

rikugun-jumei-tōshō, kihin-jōi (Akihide), First Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀 展覧会, 1941)

References:

Hawley’s pg. 50 (HID 26)

Slough’s pg. 31

Gendaito Meikan pg. 100

Gendai Toko Taikan pg. 126D

Toko Taikan pg. 523

Sesko’s Pg. 98

$1200 plus S/H and any additional associated fees (pp, wire, etc.)