NihontoWatchFukumoto Amahide, whose real name was Fukumoto Hideyoshi, was a toko belonging to the Seki Nihonto Tanrenjo Co., Ltd. and used the mei Ichimonji Amahide. He was active during the early Showa era and forged numerous military toshin; he has an established reputation for their toughness and sharpness, and in the Seidai Tosho Retsu, he is ranked as Joko, Taigomonosekiwaki-kaku. This katana has an elegant sugata with a moderate difference between the moto and saki, the jigane is mokume with masagare, minutely kneaded and slightly hadadachi with chikei, and the hamon is a bright and clear nioiguchi in gunome-midare where the nioiguchi of the yakigashira is tight, with kinsuji and sunagashi appearing throughout entwined with the jigane, mixed with yo like janome and angular ha, while the boshi is sugu with a maru kaeri. The accompanying Imperial Army Type 98 Ryakushiki Gunto koshirae has kanagu in good condition that still shine in a golden-yellow color; while one often sees shiroki saya under the field-use leather covers, this koshirae is a high-quality item with the saya painted in black hon-urushi. The jiba can be appreciated in its current state, but as this is a well-made hontanren sword, for those with the means, why not apply a solid kenma and enjoy the clarity of Amahide's jiba? It is a superior sword that would easily pass Hozon Token kantei.
NihontoWatchOffered by Toushin
3 on the market
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Gifu · around 1926-1989
3 pieces on the market now
Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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