Katana mit Hozon der NBTHK
Tadayoshi shodai (first Generation) was the same as Tadahiro. He started working at the biginnings of 1600´s and died in 1632. Though his works are from the beginning Edo Periode. He is valued by Fujishiro with saijo saku rank (best of the best) and his blades are amoung the sharpest and ranked as saijo owazamono.This […]
This very nice blade was made by Bushu ju Ishido Hata Tooren. Hata Tooren was his priest Name and he worked before under the Name Morihisa as civic Person before he became priest. He worked around mid of Edo 1661 in Musashi province.This Katana Comes with good Mounts and the blade itself is ubu, not […]
This beautiful Katana coes from Oei times ( 1394-1428 ). This is the end of the Nambukutcho and beginning of the Muromachi times. This interesting Katana was attributed to the smith Katsuie by Hozon of the NBTHK. He is said to be the founder of the Darani-school which is belonging to the Chiyozuru-school. This shown […]
This nice and dicent Katana was made by Bishu Osafune Sukesada in the end of the Muromachi Era. It is signed and dated with the year of Tenmon2, 2.month. That is the year of 1534. Until today it is untouched. We call it “ubu”. Though it is in original length. The red Saya is decent […]
Katana mit Tokubetsu Hozon der NBTHK
This especially beautiful blade comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon of NBTHK Tokyo. The blacksmith is the well known Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke sho dai( first generation). He was the founder of the Osaka Shinto school, after finishing his study of the art of forging a blade in Kyoto. His teacher was Horikawa Kunihiro. Kunisuke died […]
For the enthusiast of a nice blade with bo-hi and big, clear hamon this is an outstanding work of Osaka Shinto. Terumasa lived and worked at first in Osaka before he moved to Kyoto. This blade was made around 1684. It is in a perfect condition and seems to be very strong. Also the mounts […]
This Katana made by Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke is an extrordinary beautiful, long perfect Katana. Please see Katana no 3025 as well, because it is the same smith. On the saya Tanobe sensei ( former Präsident of the NBTHK ) wrote a sayagaki: 摂刕河内守国助Sesshû Kobayashi Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke 生茎五字銘有之中河内ト呼称サル二代国助也ubu-nakago goji-mei ari kore, Naka-Kawachi to […]
Katana mit Juyo Token der NBTHK
Juyo (Important) No.6158Certificate of Authenticity1 Katana (Carved Inscription) Komei Enju KunitokiShigehide AgeyukiLength: 67.2 cm Curve: 0.8 cmShinogizukuri Iorimune (Sharply-angled roof-shaped blade)Chu kissaki (Moderate kissaki) Kitae (Forging) Koitame habuchi nagaremasame ari (Fine-grain pattern with edge grain going straight towards theborder between the ji and the hamon)Hamon (Tempered Pattern) Hososuguhacho kogunome majiri (Small gostone pattern on narrow […]
Sorry the text is at the moment in German, translation will follow. Thanks for your kind understanding…. Designiert als „jûyô-tôken“ im Zuge der 48. Sitzung vom 11. Oktober 2002 katana: mumei Ayanokôji (綾小路) Abmessungen: nagasa 70,2 cm, sori 2,0 cm, motohaba 2,5 cm, sakihaba 1,55 cm, kissaki-nagasa 1,9 cm, nakago-nagasa 15,8 cm, nakago-sori 0,1 cm […]
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