TADAYOSHI / HIZEN / GODAI
TADAYOSHI
HIZEN
GODAI (5TH GEN)
REFERENCES / RATINGS / VALUES
NTHK-NPO 76 PTS.
HAWLEY’S 40 PTS.
JO-SAKU
WAZAMONO
MEI: MUMEI
DATE: NONE c. 1751
NAGASA: 28.0625″
OVERALL: 36.4375″
MIHABA: 1.27″
KASANE: 0.28″
SORI: 0.625″
NAKAGO: UBU
MEKUGI ANA: ONE
YASURIME: KIRI
MUNE: IORI
HADA: ITAME
HAMON: KO-CHOJI BASED ON SUGUHA
BOSHI: MIDARE KOMI
HORIMONO OMOTE: BO-HI
HORIMONO URA: BO-HI
HABAKI: 1 PC.
KOSHIRAE
This is a big beefy mumei katana attributed to the Godai or 5th generation Hizen Tadayoshi (c. 1751-1764) by the NTHK-NPO. With a 28+” nagasa, it is a big longer than normal to be mounted in Gunto koshirae.
The Type 98 Koshirae is pristine and is as nice as they come. See photos.
REFERENCES:
Hawley’s (TAD 292) pg. 802 (40 pts)
Fujishiros Shinto Jiten pg. 186
Toko Taikan pg. 370 (4.5 million Yen)
Shinto Taikan (Imura) pg. 1542
Nihonto Zuikan Shinto pg. NS869-70, NX921-2
Hizen no Katana Vol. II pg. 18
Hizen Tadayoshi pg. 134
Sesko’s, Swordsmiths A-Z pg. 1071
Courtesy of Sesko’s, Swordsmiths A-Z:
TADAYOSHI (忠吉), 5th gen., Hōreki (宝暦, 1751-1764), Hizen – “Hizen no Kuni Tadahiro” (肥前国忠広), “Hizen no Kuni Tadayoshi” (肥前国忠吉), “Hizen no Kuni Ōmi no Kami Tadayoshi” (肥前国近江守忠吉), “Ōmi no Kami Tadayoshi” (近江守忠吉), real name Hashimoto Shinzaemon (橋本新左衛門), oldest son of the 4th gen. Tadayoshi, he was born in the ninth year of Genroku (元禄, 1696) and signed with Tadahiro (忠広) during his father was alive, after the death of the latter in the fourth year of Enkyō (延享, 1747) he took over the name Tadayoshi, he received the honorary title Ōmi no Kami on the 24th day of the sixth month Kan´en three (寛延, 1750), a tradition says that he received this title on the tenth day of the first month Kan´en three but it is possible that he had actually received the lower title Ōmi no Daijō on that earlier date, he died on the 15th day of the sixth month An´ei four (安永, 1775) at the age of 80, we know blades from the Hōreki to the Meiwa era (明和, 1764-1772), he signed in a similar manner as the 6th gen., only a little smaller and the horizontal strokes show a little more to the top right, jō-saku, wazamono.
$4950 plus S/H and any additional associated fees (pp, wire, etc.)