Perry’s arrival in 1853 unraveled the Tokugawa peace and created the first mass demand for working swords in two centuries. Kiyomaro, called the Masamune of Yotsuya, died on its eve; Munetsugu and Yukihide carried the boom to the end.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA review of the Items/ Monthly magazine "Ginza Joho" This is a record of an old mei passed down in a sayagaki, and is not a mei that can be confirmed at present. However, when appreciating the Oei Bizen style appearing in the sugata and jitetsu, the lineage told by the Meiji era sayagaki is exceptionally interesting. Sayagaki dated Meiji 25. Old mei "Bishu Osafune Yasumitsu" and dated Oei 24 August. It praises it as a "flawless and peerless josaku," and records the intent to produce koshirae featuring dragon motifs throughout and to maintain it with great care. Nagasa is 2 shaku 2 sun 9 bu 3 rin, approximately 69.5 centimeters. The mihaba is ordinary but the kasane is thick, with a high koshizori leading to a chu-kissaki. In the sugata with bo-hi carved through on the omote and ura, an elegant, antique atmosphere reminiscent of a tachi lingers. The sugata is not delicate, but gives a sense of inner strength. Nevertheless, the overall lines are beautiful, bringing to mind the swords of Oei Bizen.
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Iwaki · around 1861-1864
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Perry’s arrival in 1853 unraveled the Tokugawa peace and created the first mass demand for working swords in two centuries. Kiyomaro, called the Masamune of Yotsuya, died on its eve; Munetsugu and Yukihide carried the boom to the end.
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