NihontoWatchIt has appeared, it has appeared, a katana by the swordsmith Morioka Masayoshi has appeared. The swordsmith Morioka Masayoshi is of the Suishinshi Masahide lineage and corresponds to a grand-disciple of the swordsmith Gassan Sadayoshi of Osaka. This katana exhibits a good sugata with a difference between the motohaba and sakihaba, the jigane is forged in ko-itame hada presenting a bright, excellent, and tight jitetsu, and the hamon is a Bizen-den gunome-midare ba in nioi-deki with ko-nie, brightly and well-hardened with tobiyaki also placed in the mune, creating a blade full of spirit. This ubu mumei katana is what is called a kageuchi; it is likely a work where two blades were forged for a custom order, the better one was signed and delivered, and the remaining one was left to the world as it is without adding a mei. If a mei were added, it could be sold for that much more. Swordsmiths of old valued honor and created for a single client, so kageuchi were sent out as mumei. The koshirae is also a luxurious koshirae with an aogai mijin cha kuronuri saya, which adds even more splendor to this katana. This time, although it is a katana that has been cherished for generations in an old house, we received it with the request to "please pass it on cheaply to someone who will cherish it, as we as a couple have also grown old," so we are offering it at a special bargain price. Although it is mumei, please by all means enjoy this katana by Morioka Masayoshi.
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As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Shinshinto · Settsu
27 pieces on the market now
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sadaharu貞晴 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sadayoshi貞吉 | 1926-1989 | 0 |
| Yoshiaki吉明 | 1844-1848 | 0 |
| Naonobu直信 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sadayoshi貞吉 | 1830-1863 | 0 |
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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