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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch本槍の豪壮さは城攻めの時に兵が大手門に取り付き木製の大手門を突き破るために作られた攻城用の槍です。作者の越前下坂は江戸時代初期寛永頃（1624年）（399年前）の越前の刀工の作です。越前下坂の代表者は初代越前康継そして長曽祢虎鉄も越前鍛冶です。本槍は重ね厚く元身幅広く先身幅も広い豪壮な槍の姿を現し、地金は板目肌が良く鍛えられ力強い地金を現し、刃紋は匂い出来に小沸の付いた乱れ刃を焼き覇気有る刃を焼いています。この度古い御数寄者様から家代々大切にして伝わってきた越前下坂の槍ですが今後お手入れをし続けていただける方にお安くお譲り下さいとお預かりした為に特別に格安にてご提供いたします。越前下坂の攻城用槍を是非お楽しみ下さい。
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Echizen · around 1624-1644
Tōken Taikan top 26%
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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