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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA single sword with an ubu nakago mumei, attributed to Aizu Motooki. It is in kanmuri-otoshi-zukuri with a wide mihaba and deep ryomachi, where the niku of the shinogi-ji is shaved down and the sharply standing shinogi-suji extends through to the mune. The jigane of ko-itame kitae is slightly hada-tachi with nagare-gokoro patterns near the ha, and with fine ji-nie the jihada is firmly tightened. The hamon is a shallow notare mixed with gunome with thick nie, and with yubashiri, kinsan, and sunagagashi appearing, the intense midare incorporating nijuba, kuichigaiba, and uchinoke displays the characteristic style of Aizu blades.
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Iwashiro · around 1818-1830
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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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