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Tokubetsu Hozon 4th generation Hizen Tadayoshi wakizashi in WWII koshirae


Ray Singer

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This is an extremely desirable sword for collectors from several stanpoints.  Most mainline Hizen Tadayoshi school blades have the representative suguha hamon. Those with a gonome or gonome-choji hamon are very rare and are valued. One of the most serious Hizen collectors described choji-ba Tadayoshi as his 'holy grail'. This is also a desirable blade for the militaria collector who is looking for a blade mounted for use in the war which has a traditionally made antique blade by an important smith from the Edo period. This blade is a 51.8cm Tokubetsu Hozon example by the 4th generation mainline Hizen Smith Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadayoshi. He was not only famous as the mainline, he was also infamous for one of the legendary stories about Edo period smiths. He was said to have killed the Hizen smith Kikuhira (an excellent Waki-Hizen tosho) in a fit of rage due to the later having an affair with his wife. This sword is in an adapted WWII koshirae with a leather covered saya and an Edo period tsuka rewrapped with gunto menuki. The tsuba is a nice late Edo period example. The jihada shows the very tight konuka-hada that the Hizen smiths were famous for. The hamon is as mentioned gonome / choji-ba. The nakago is perfectly ubu with a clear mei. The blade is still preserved in its koshirae and has not yet been sent for a new shirasaya. It is a great and important example in many respects and would certainly be a highlight in either a Hizen-to or Military sword collection. 

 

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