HORII TOSHIHIDE / GIMEI

TOSHIHIDE, HORII

MEI: HORII TOSHIHIDE SAKU ~ ZO-HITTORERU SO TO ~ NIPPON RIKUGAN DAIJIN TOJO HIDEKI

DATE: SHOWA JU GO NENHACHI GATSU KICHI JITSU (1940)

NAGASA: 73.025cm (28.75″)

OVERALL: 99.06cm (39″)

MIHABA: 3.175cm (1.25″)

KASANE: 0.63cm (0.25″)

NAKAGO: UBU

MEKUGI ANA: TWO

YASURIME: KESHO

MUNE: IORI

HADA: KO-ITAME

HAMON: MIDARE

BOSHI: KOMARU

HORIMONO OMOTE: NONE

HORIMONO URA: NONE

HABAKI:  1 PC SILVER

SHIRASAYA

From Sesko’s, Japanese swordsmiths A-Z:

TOSHIHIDE (俊秀), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Hokkaidō – “Ōmi no Kuni Shiga Tarō
Minamoto Hideaki” (近江国志賀太郎源秀明), “Minamoto Toshihide” (源俊秀), “Zuisen
Horii Toshihide” (瑞泉堀井俊秀), real name Horii Kaneyoshi (堀井兼吉), he was born on the
second day of the third month Meiji 19 (明治, 1886) in the village of Shimosaka (下坂) in Shiga
Prefecture, 1905 he entered an apprenticeship under Horii Taneaki (堀井胤明), he signed in
early years with Hideaki (秀明), a name that was granted to him in 1913 by the NBTHK, 1911
he married the daughter of Taneaki and was adopted into the Horii family, thereupon he changed his name to Shiga Tarō (志賀太郎), the name change of the smith name to Toshihide took place in December 1933 with the birth of emperor Akihito (明仁) because he refrained out of respect from using the same character of “Aki” (明), he died in 1943, shinpin no retsu (Akihide), Special Honor Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941)

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