RichardP

Hi Mike! Is the habaki on backwards?

Similar to Sam’s, but the kirikomi(?) is along the nakago-mune of a ko-Fujishima tachi:

Maru mune?

Blade is a long-signature Sukesada with nengo and gold-foiled two-piece habaki, in hitatsura, with TH:

Not Omori level waves, but still, a pretty handsome package:

Thank you, Moriyama-san!

Thanks for the insight, Kirill. I’ve written back to aoi, politely asking if they believe this is the smith indicated. Will share the answer if I receive one.

Thanks— yeah, I just assumed it was going to come back Bungo Takada. I’m not finding “Dōsao Morihiro”anywhere, and aoi seems to be stating that’s the actual attribution. Markus Sesko’s Swordsmiths of Japan has a few more details about the Tensho-era Hoki Morihiro, “…real name Shichirō’emon, he also signed with the honorary titles Uemon no Jō and Saemon no Jō, a theory says that this was the early signature of Shichirōzaemon Hiroyoshi, chūjō-saku.” This is the only pairing I can find of “Morihiro” and “Hiroyoshi.”

Sorry, meant to include pics of the sword: