SUKEMUNE, SHIMADA

NAGINATA

NBTHK

SUGATA: NAGINATA

MEI: (KIKU ICHI) SHIMADA KOJURO SUKEMUNE

DATE: NONE c. KANBUN 1661

NAGASA: 17.375″

OVERALL: 35.75″

MIHABA: 1.1875″

KASANE: 0.25″

SORI: 1”

NAKAGO: UBU

MEKUGI ANA: THREE

YASURIME: SUJIKAI

MUNE: MITSUMUNE

HADA: ITAME

HAMON: TORAN BA

BOSHI: KOMARU

HORIMONO OMOTE: NAGINATA HI

HORIMONO URA: NAGINATA HI

HABAKI:  1 PC. GOLD FOIL

SHIRASAYA

Very nice ubu naginata by Shodai Shimada Sukemune. Sukemune was the student of the famous Tsuda Sukehiro who was the originator of the hamon known as “Toran-ba”.

Courtesy of Sesko’s: 

SUKEMUNE (助宗), 1st gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Shinano – “Shinshū Matsumoto-jū Sukemune” (信州松本住助宗), “Shimada Kojūrō Sukemune” (嶋田小十郎助宗), “Echigo no Kami Fujiwara Hirosuke” (越後守藤原広助), son of the 3rd gen. Sukemune, he moved later from Suruga to Shinano province where he settled at the vicinity of the Zenkōji (善光寺) in Matsumoto (松本), later he studied also in Ōsaka under the 1st gen. Sukehiro (助広) whereupon he changed his name to Hirosuke (広助), finely forged but strong jigane, gunome-midare, notare, he also added a chrysanthemum and the character “Ichi” (一) to his signatures.

This naginata comes with shirasaya and NBTHK papers from the 1980 US Shinsa.

This sword comes with a 48-hr. inspection period. Please refer to the Policy Page for complete details.

$6,500 plus S/H and any additional associated fees (pp, wire, etc.)