YASUHIRO, HIZEN

GENDAITO

SUGATA: SZ

MEI: HIZEN NO KUNI JU YASUHIRO SAKU (TACHI MEI)

DATE: NONE c. 1930’S

NAGASA: 26.125″

OVERALL: 34.125″

MIHABA: 1.1875″

KASANE: 0.25″

SORI: 0.5

NAKAGO: UBU

MEKUGI ANA: ONE

YASURIME: SUJIKAI

MUNE: IORI

HADA: MIXED

HAMON: NOTARE IN NIE DEKI

BOSHI: KOMARU

HORIMONO OMOTE: NONE

HORIMONO URA: NONE

HABAKI:  1 PC. SOLID SILVER

SHIRASAYA

Flawless Gendaito in excellent polish by the sword smith Hizen Yasuhiro. Yasuhiro was born in 1910, he worked under Akihide as a Rikugun Jumei Tosho and won 2^nd seat in 1941 (see details below).

His lineage can be traced back to the 8^th generation Hizen Tadayoshi and was the brother of Motomura Kanemoto. His work was first exhibited in 1936 from which point he won many awards until 1944. Post war he submitted blades to the Shinsakuto-Ten.

Yasuhiro worked in the Hizen style with a prominent hada showing the Hizen konuka mixed with ko-itame and masame. Hamon begins as a gentle Notare transistioning to suguha. Within the hamon are clouds of Ara-Nie. The nakago is ubu with one mekugi ana. It is signed tachi-mei in the Hizen style.

This sword comes in Shirasaya with a solid silver Shonai Habaki

References:

Hawley’s Pg 926 (YAS 680)

Gendaito Meikan Pg 173

Hizen Handbook Pg 283

Sesko’s, Swordsmiths A-Z pg 1264

Courtesy of Sesko’s, Swordsmiths A-Z:

YASUHIRO (保広), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Saga –“Hizen no Kuni-jū Yasuhiro” (肥前国住保広), “Yasuhiro” (保広), real name Motomura Tamotsu (元村保), born 1910, he studied under Hisahiro (久広) and worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, jōkō no retsu (Akihide), Second Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941)

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

$4800 plus S/H and any additional associated fees (pp, wire, etc.)