1tallsword Posted July 12, 2014 Report Posted July 12, 2014 hello folks, i couldnt help my urge and i had to add this beautiful sukehira katana to my collection. im having trouble figuring some out, i have resident of osafune bizen ? descendant ?? i have a bunch missing and spaces. could any of you fine folks tune in and fill in some gaps here for me please. thank you in advance,Jeremy scott. sukehira4.pdf Quote
Nobody Posted July 12, 2014 Report Posted July 12, 2014 青霜 (Seisō) - Blue frost (a nick name of the sword?) 森澤義真 子孫 永保 - Morisawa Yoshizane/Yoshimasa's descendant Nagayasu (the original owner?) 備陽長舩住人 (Biyo Osafune junin) - I think that this part continues to Sukehira mei on the other side. Quote
1tallsword Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 WOW ! thank you so much for your time and knowledge Koichi Moriyama. I am very grateful. this is some very interesting information to research indeed. i have posted the other side with the sukehira mei ... thank you , Jeremy scott.sukehira mei.pdf Quote
1tallsword Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 the mei reads Yokoyama Ise-no-kami Sukehira dated 1806. Jeremy scott. Quote
Gabriel L Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 I was literally just explaining to someone how authentic nihontō are never signed with anime-style phrases like "bleeding shadow" (which he wanted to sign on a sword he made)… and here we have a sword signed "blue frost." Never say never I guess. Of course, to be fair, 青霜 is much more poetic and Japanese than 血流影 . Quote
1tallsword Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 yes Stephen cool for sure! ... one could only imagine its meaning? any thoughts or guesses?? Jeremy scott. Quote
mywei Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 Blue frost how cool is that That's pretty cool! I wonder if it was added on by the owner afterwards? Also blade pics would be great thanks! Quote
1tallsword Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 Gabriel that is a funny story,thank you for sharing and thank you for your comment. good question Matt, Im going out on a limb here and saying it was done by the swordsmith himself, strokes and comparison with the rest are consistent in my eye.yes i will get you guys some good pics of the sword, cheers.Jeremy scott. Quote
nihonto1001 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Posted July 13, 2014 I was watching that sword. Nice buy. It is excellent to have a sword from the originator of his school. The Yokoyama Den was a very important school in the Shin-Shinto Period. Please post a pic of the whole sword if you get a chance. Quote
1tallsword Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Posted July 13, 2014 thank you jon. I am happy to have it, i will indeed get you folks some good pictures of it soon,Jeremy scott. Quote
cisco-san Posted July 14, 2014 Report Posted July 14, 2014 from Markus´s book: Sukehira (祐平), Bunka (文化, 1804-1818), Bizen – „Yokoyama Ise no Kami Sukehira“ (横山伊勢守祐平), „Yokoyama Ise no Kami Sukehira kore o tsukuru“ (横山伊勢守祐平造之), „Biyō Osafune-jū Sukehira saku“ (備陽長船住祐平作), „Biyō Osafune-jū Sukehira kore o tsukuru“ (備陽長船住祐平造之), „Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Sukesada“ (備前国長船住祐定), „Bizen no Kuni Osafune-jū Yokoyama Kakuji Fujiwara Sukesada“ (備前国長船住横山覚治藤原祐定), civilian name „Yokoyama Kakuji“ (横山覚治), he adopted later the hereditary name „Shichirō´emon“ (横山七郎右衛門) and was the younger brother of the Kansei-era (寛政, 1789-1801) Gengorō Sukesada, he too signed with the name „Sukesada“ (祐定) and was adopted by Gengorō as his successor, but with studying under the Satsuma-smith Yamato no Kami Motohira (大和守元平) in the eighth year of Tenmei (天明, 1788), he changed his name from „Sukesada“ to „Sukehira“, it was uncommon that a Bizen-smith like Sukehira worked in the Sōshū tradition, many of his blades are very nie-loaden and remind of his master Motohira, he received the honorary title „Ise no Kami“ in the second year of Kansei (寛政, 1790) and died on the 25th day of the eighth month Bunsei twelve (文政, 1829) at the age of 75, he is considered as founder of the shinshintō-era Bizen-Yokoyama group Quote
1tallsword Posted July 30, 2014 Author Report Posted July 30, 2014 as promised here are some pics of "blue frost" by sukehira.. it has TB Hozon papers by NBTHK. 2 Quote
1tallsword Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Posted July 31, 2014 thank you Chris and Gabriel for taking the time to pay compliments, much appreciated .. cheers. Quote
Jane Hana Posted October 4, 2021 Report Posted October 4, 2021 Have been keeping my eyes peeled for Sukehira swords and for some reason this only now came up. My mom’s side is Japanese they are Sukehiras. My grandma told me we used to be sword makers. Very cool to see the photos you posted. Hope this message makes it to you! 5 Quote
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