Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch備前の「景光」と言えば、鎌倉時代からの名刀として、刀剣界で知らない人の居ない名工ですが、こちら加賀の藤島系の刀工の景光では無いかと思われます。父は越中則重の門人といわれ南北朝中期から末期に活躍した真景である。その子景光は藤島友重の門人で南北朝期は延文頃（１３５６年頃）より、康暦、応永、康正〜文明、永正、そして加州景光の名跡は江戸時代初期の寛文頃まで、それぞれ続きます。 ■刀身のコンディション 反り深く細身の先反りのある姿に、地鉄は良く錬れた板目に柾目が交じる 鍛え肌に刃文は腰の開いた互の目を焼き中切先に帽子は乱込んで返ります。 優しい立ち姿の美しい刀身です。 ■拵 白鞘になります。 ハバキは、小ぶりながら今作れば10数万円は掛る金着せのハバキが付いて居ます。
NihontoWatchOffered by Ikeda Art
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Kaga · around 1504-1521
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
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¥220,000