NihontoWatchShigetane is said to be the most skilled among the students of Taikei Naotane. He signed his mei as Oshu Shirakawa-han Shigetane and others, and many of his works are seen with a style similar to Naotane. This katana is a koto-utsushi of the type frequently forged in the late Edo period, and because the quality is so high, it is conjectured that it was modified to have an o-suriage mumei appearance. Even though it has been suriage, the difference in width between the moto and saki still opens nicely, the sugata is slender and beautiful, and the ko-itame hada with strong masame-ki is well-refined and tight. The hamon is gunome-midare with active ashi, sunagashi, and kinsuji appearing, and the boshi is sugu-cho with a slight midare-gokoro, returning in saki-maru. The balance is good with the center of gravity near the hand, and since it fits into a ready-made saya, koshirae can be produced at a low price. *There is a very tiny hasaki-ate (ha-kobore). *Consignment item
Certificate reading — 無銘（沢原重胤）
NihontoWatchOffered by Toushin
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Iwashiro · around 1830-1844
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
The Shinshintō revival
Around 1800 Suishinshi Masahide argued in his writings that the craft must return to the old masters’ methods: the fukkotō revival. His greatest successor Naotane worked convincingly in Bizen and Sōshū manners that had been dead for centuries.
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