Gendaito Hizen Masatsugu

[oli]

Hi,

 

for sale is nice Gendaito from Hizen Masatsugu. It has no stamps and was made on request.

 

Signature: Hizen (no) Kuni Masatsugu kitau kore, made by request for Minoru Tsutsui,
koki ni sen roku haiku san nen ichi gatsu hi
(a day 1st month 2603 years Japanese Empire = January 1943)
Nagasa: 66.4 cm (Ubuha)

Nakago: 21.4 cm (Ubu)

Sori: 16.5 mm

Moto-haba: 31.3 mm
Moto-kasane: 7.8 mm (Iori-mune)

Price: SOLD

 

there are 2 small damages in the Ha, hard to see and hard to make a pictures

 

some infos about the smith:

MASATSUGU (正次), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Saga – “Hizen no Kuni Masatsugu”

(肥前国正次), “Hizen no Kuni Karatsu-jū Masatsugu” (肥前国唐津住正次), real name Taguchi

Kiichi (田口喜一), born July 28th 1904, he forged swords from about 1935 onwards and studied

under Kurihara Akihide (栗原昭秀), he worked as rikugun-jumei-tōshō, jōko no jōi (Akihide), Second

Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941) 

Also look on the download section, there is wonderful PDF about this smith.

 

The reason i am selling it, because i switch my collection to another direction. If you have a question don't hesitate to ask me via message. 

 

Thanks

Oli

[oli]

more pictures

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to closeup of hamon and boshi:

[Bruce Pennington]

I like these "on request" blades.  Good luck with the sale, Oliver!

[oli]

Thank you Bruce

[oli]

additional information in this wonderful PDF:

 

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the small dents:

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some additional pictures:

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on hold

[oli]

Sold please move to archive