NihontoWatchModern sword Hizenkuni Yasunori with Koshirae. 現代肥前刀を代表する刀工、元村保則の作品です。 肥前国忠吉を写した一振りで、よく詰まった杢目肌に直刃調の相互の目を焼いた優品です。 拵は、湾いた短冊状の鮫革を外装に貼り、漆を塗った上から研ぎ出した、非常に目に留まった見事な外装です。 鑑賞用として扱われていたため、居合・試斬には未使用ですが、バランスが良く、実用にも適した刀です。 This is a work by Motomura Yasunori, one of the foremost modern swordsmiths of the Hizen tradition. Made in the style of Hizen no Kuni Tadayoshi, the blade features a finely compacted mokume-hada and a refined gunome with a suguha-like appearance, resulting in an elegant and beautifully executed work. The koshirae is particularly striking, with curved strips of samegawa (ray skin) applied to the exterior of the saya and polished through the lacquer finish to create a distinctive and luxurious appearance. As the sword has been preserved solely for appreciation, it has never been used for iaidō or tameshigiri. Exceptionally well balanced, it is suitable not only for collection but also for practical use. 「刀姿 sword figure」 鎬造り庵棟、身幅重尋常、鳥居反り中鋒。茎は生で筋違い鑢がかかり、茎尻は栗尻。 Shinogi-zukuri with an iori-mune. The blade has standard mihaba and kasane, with a graceful torii-zori and a chū-kissaki. The nakago is ubu with sujikai yasurime, terminating in a kurijiri. 「地鉄 jigane」 地鉄は杢目肌が良く詰み地沸付く。 The jigane consists of a finely compacted mokume-hada, richly covered with ji-nie. 「刃紋 hamon」 刃文は直刃風の互の目がや湾れ足入り刃縁小沸付く、刃中は葉が入る。釯子は直ぐに入り小丸に返る。 The hamon is a gently undulating gunome with a suguha-like appearance, featuring well-defined ashi. Fine ko-nie lines the habuchi, while yō are present within the temper line. The bōshi enters in sugu and turns back in a komaru. 「特徴 detailed」 肥前國保則。本名は本村保広。佐賀県佐賀市在住。師は父である本村兼元。新作刀展では多数の入選歴があります。 本作は、肥前國忠吉を写した作品で、よく詰んだ杢目肌に、直刃調の互の目を焼いた素晴らしい一振りです。 刀身の状態は古研ぎですが、概ね良好です。また、鍛え割れ等の傷はありません。惜しむらくは、差表の鎺元付近の鎬地に膨れがありますが、目立つものではありません。 拵は、縁頭と鍔が一作です。鞘は非常に手間のかかったもので、細長く湾れた形に切った鮫革をいくつも貼り付け、その上から黒漆を塗り重ね、鮫革を研ぎ出した鞘です。コンディションも良く、素晴らしい拵です。 刀身・拵ともに鑑賞用として作られたもので、居合や試斬には未使用です。しかし、バランスが良いため、居合や試斬で使用するにも最適な刀です。 Hizen no Kuni Yasunori His real name is Motomura Yasuhiro. He resides in Saga City, Saga Prefecture. His teacher was his father, Motomura Kanemoto. He has received numerous selections at the Shinsakutō Exhibition. This sword is a work modeled after Hizen no Kuni Tadayoshi. It is an excellent piece, featuring a tightly forged mokume-hada and a suguha-style gunome temper line. The blade is in an older polish, but its condition is generally good. There are no flaws such as forging cracks. The only point to note is a small fukure on the shinogi-ji near the habaki-moto on the sashi-omote side, but it is not conspicuous. The koshirae features matching fuchi-kashira and tsuba made as a set. The scabbard is an extremely labor-intensive piece: many long, narrow, curved pieces of samegawa were applied, then layers of black lacquer were added over them, and the samegawa was polished out to reveal the texture. It is in very good condition and is a wonderful koshirae. Both the blade and koshirae were made for appreciation and have not been used for iaido or tameshigiri. However, because the sword is well balanced, it would also be very suitable for use in iaido or tameshigiri. 「拵 Koshirae」 鎺(habaki) :銀無垢一重の一文字。 鍔(tsuba) :鉄地黒染巴透かし水桔梗の図銀象嵌。 縁頭(fhchikashira):鉄地黒染水桔梗の図金銀象嵌。 目貫(menuki) :葡萄」の図。 柄(tsuka) :鮫は親粒が付く。柄巻は正絹黒の諸捻り巻。 鞘(saya) :研ぎ出し鮫変わり塗鞘。 「刀剣の状態 condition of blade」 研:古研ぎですが、概ね良好です。 傷:差表の鎺元付近の鎬地に膨れがありますが目立つものではありません、また一ヶ所棟割れが有ります。
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Saga · around 1926-1989
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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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