Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchSukenaga was called Yokoyama Kakunosuke, and he mastered the craft of smithing under his father Sukehira, who was a pupil of Oku Motohira; he succeeded his father in Bunka 12, 12th month, and received the title of Kaga no Suke on Tenpo 4, 2nd month, 13th day. He was granted imperial permission to engrave the title of Ason, the kiku-mon, and the character Ichi on the nakago. His surviving works, which feature a graceful sugata with strong koshi-sori reminiscent of Kamakura period Bizen Ichimonji and are tempered with a magnificent choji-midare hamon, are all of excellent quality (note); his sincere and devoted work was praised, and he was a person of high standing who was permitted by the domain to wear a sword and was ranked as an Oshoya of Osafune. This work is the shoto of a daisho pair.
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| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukenobu祐信 | 1830-1844 | 0 |
| Suketaka祐高 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sukeharu祐春 | 1864-1865 | 0 |
| Sukehiro祐廣 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sukekane祐包 | 1868-1912 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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