Spotted this today: https://katananokura...P/1903-K01.html
- Bizen no kuni jū Yoshitsugu 備前国住吉次 orikaeshi-mei 折返銘 (folded back mei). Late Kamakura 鎌倉時代後期.
- Juyo Bijutsuhin (Important Art Object, 国指定重要美術品) & Hon'ami Kōjō origami (本阿弥光常折紙).
- In shirasaya with kinkise niju gold habaki.
- Remarkably, with a 1946 license (Gunma registration 群馬県登録) to possess this sword, granted to the Imperial Household Museum care of "Shozaburo Inoue". I've never seen such a document before.
The book excerpt quoted in the description, and other notes, are beyond my ability to make sense of via Google Translate. Maybe someone else can comment?
本作は折返銘にて「備前国住吉次」の六字銘を有する太刀で、作風は備前気質に青江風が加わる作域を示します。系統については銘文の言い回しや「次」の字を使用する点、及び焼刃に楔形の陰の尖り刃を交え、帽子が丸く短く返る等の作風から、雲生・雲次等と同族の鎌倉時代後期に活躍した「雲類」に属する鍛冶と推察されます。
紀州徳川家［五十六万石］徳川宗直の差料として伝来した名作の一振りです。尚、重要美術品指定には、古備前吉次として指定されています。地刃共に健全。
- nagasaa: 70.5cm
- sori: 1.7cm
- motohaba: 2.81cm
- sakihaba: 2.20cm
- kasane: 0.53cm
Price: 20,00,000 JPY (~$178,000).
I've been burned by linking to Katana no Kura in the past, only to have them lock the page behind a password (presumably once the sword is purchased). So I've made a mirror gallery of the images at Imgur here: https://imgur.com/a/rTQNkaC.
I will also upload a few choice photos for immediate gratification:
I've been burned by linking to Katana no Kura in the past, only to have them lock the page behind a password (presumably once the sword is purchased). So I've made a mirror gallery of the images at Imgur here: https://imgur.com/a/rTQNkaC.
I will also upload a few choice photos for immediate gratification:
