Takayama-to

[chrisf]

Takayama Masahiro was a kenjutsu master who taught the equivalent of Toyama-ryu to the Imperial Navy,I seem to recall reading an article somewhere about the sword that he designed as a practical combat sword but cannot track it down.I have seen oshigata of blades which include 'Takayama-to' in their mei,Hattori Masahiro who was a regular Seki-gunto kaji also made and signed these and they differ significantly in the way nakago are finished with kesho yasurime,the addition of shinobiana and information on the polisher.

I have no information on the way these blades were made or if indeed it was a Navy backed project which seems unlikely when they had excellent smiths working as Kaigun-tosho.

Takayama left Japan volunteering for active duty at the front,postwar he was found guilty of beheading Chinese POW.

Comments,information gladly received....

[george trotter]

Chris,

if you haven't already done so, type "Takayama" into the search link above and you'll find a few links on this sword works will appear.

Regards,

[Brian]

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4523

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2393

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=9321

 

...and a bunch more

 

Brian

[chrisf]

Guys,thank you!I don't know if it's the search engine on my laptop but all I kept seeing was 'Cheap holiday in Takayama','Buy cheap Takayama on ebay' and also the references to Taisaburo Nakayama which I already had.Thank you again.

[Brian]

The forum search...not a web search. :lol:

 

Brian

[chrisf]

Well,if I made you smile I've achieved something today!

 

A web search SHOULD lead to these pages anyway shouldn't it?Kunitaro san's posts showed in a different search earlier today.