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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch横山祐光は、通称を喜十郎と名乗り、江戸青山に生まれました。刀鍛冶を志した祐光は備前国長船の横山一門に入門し、作刀を学び、名を祐光と改めた。祐光は陸奥国から常陸国を遊暦した際に、水戸城下で刀鍛治の勝村徳勝と出会い、その作刀を助けた。その技量の素晴らしさから水戸藩主斉昭に認められ、藩のお抱えとなった。 本作は大鋒で互の目に小丁子など交え乱れ刃となり南北朝時代の長義を写した祐光渾身の一振である。
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Hitachi · around 1854-1860
Fujishiro Chu saku · Tōken Taikan top 95%
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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.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
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