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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchIt has appeared, it has appeared, a katana by the master smith of Yamashiro Kyo, Yamashiro no Kuni Ju Fujiwara Nobuyoshi, has appeared. Nobuyoshi is a master smith who received the title of Shinano no Kami and signed his mei as Shinano no Kami Fujiwara Nobuyoshi. His real name was Takai Kinzaburo, and he was a tosho of the Mishina clan headed by Kyo Iga no Kami Kinmichi. He is a master smith representing Kyoto around the Edo period Kanbun era (1661) (364 years ago). His younger brother is Echizen no Kami Minamoto Rai Nobuyoshi, who went to Osaka and was very active. This katana is kenzen, with a slightly thick moto-kasane and slightly high shinogi, a wide moto-mihaba and a difference in the saki-mihaba, exhibiting the katana sugata called Kanbun Shinto which was suitable for thrusting because thrusting techniques were popular in kenjutsu dojo at that time, the same as Kotetsu of Edo; the jigane is a well-tightened itame hada, and the hamon is a magnificent o-notare in nioi-deki with nie, forged with a spirited blade that does not shame the name of a wazamono maker. The Mishina lineage consisted of the Kyo Gokaji called Iga no Kami Kinmichi, Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi, Echigo no Kami Rai Kinmichi, and Etchu no Kami Masatoshi; Iga no Kami Kinmichi was granted the title of Nihon Kaji Sosho for his service in delivering 1000 katana for Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Battle of Sekigahara, and they were a prestigious family that, throughout the Edo period, only through the Kinmichi family could a tosho be appointed to the titles of Kami or Daijo. This time, although it is a katana that has been cherished for generations by a person from an old family, as you can see it has rust due to lack of maintenance, so we have received it with the request to pass it on cheaply to someone who will cherish it, and therefore we are offering it at a special bargain price. If it were in togimi, it is a meito worth over 2,000,000 yen. Please have it performed togi and take care of it. It is a katana that will surely be revived as a meito, so please enjoy it.
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As written by the shop
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Yamashiro · around 1644-1648
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
3 pieces on the market now
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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¥580,000