Katana „Hizen No Kuni-Jū Ise No Daijō Fujiwara Yoshihiro“

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Katana „Hizen no Kuni-jū Ise no Daijō Fujiwara Yoshihiro“

 

Type - Katana

Certificate - JTK, Sayagaki (certification on scabbard)

Period – Jōō (1652-1655)

Province - Hizen

Master - Ise no Daijō Fujiwara Yoshihiro (1nd gen.),( 伊勢大掾藤原吉廣), (初代)

First name „Kichizaemon“ (吉左衛門), student of the 1st gen. Tadayoshi)

Mei: Hizen no Kuni-jū Ise no Daijō Fujiwara Yoshihiro  (肥前國住伊勢大掾藤原吉廣)

Full length in the mounting (Shirasaya) – 96.1cm

Full length of the strip – 87.8cm

Nagasa – 67.8cm

Motohaba – 3.04cm

Sakihaba – 2.18cm

Motokasane – 0.75cm

Sakikasane – 0.58cm

Sori – 1.5cm

 

Source and Rating:

Hawley - 40 - YOS109 

Fujishiro - Jo- Saku - S 99

Toko Taikan - ¥4M – 743

 

Information:

 

Yoshihiro (吉広), 1st gen., Jōō (承応, 1652-1655), Hizen – „Hizen no Kuni-jū Ise no Daijō Fujiwara Yoshihiro“ (肥前国伊勢大掾藤原

 

吉広), „Ise no Daijō Fujiwara Yoshihiro“ (伊勢大掾藤原吉広), first  name „Kichizaemon“ (吉左衛門), student of the 1st gen. Tadayoshi

 

(忠吉), he received the honorary title „Ise no Daijō“ during the Kanbun era (寛文, 1661-1673), konuka-hada with a chū-suguha or a gunome

 

like at Tadayoshi, also hoso-suguha, he signed the charactert „I“ (伊) in „Ise“ in a peculiar manner which becomes more round over the

 

years, he signed the right radical (巴) in the character for „Hi“ (肥) with a vertical stroke in the middle.

 

4000 $ — This item is in Japan. Sending express mail with tracking number. (EMS)

[Greg F]

Nice sword. I like the shape of the blade.

 

Greg

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4000 $