Sukaira Posted August 28 Report Posted August 28 Type (Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata, Other) : Wakizashi Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : Ubu Mei : (Mumei, Signature) : Sasshu Ju Masayoshi - Anei 2 Mizunoto-Mi 2 Gatsu (Feburary 1773) 薩州住正良 安永二癸巳二月 Papered or not and by whom? : NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Era/Age : Late Shinto - 1773 Shirasaya, Koshirae or Bare Blade? : Shirasaya Nagasa/Blade Length : 57.3cm Sori : 1.0cm Hamon Type : Niedeki Suguha with deep nioiguchi, notareba with small ashi and strays of ara-nie in the Satsuma style, along the habuchi and into the ji Jihada : ko-itame with jinie, storm gray glossed surfaced Other Hataraki Visible : Ara-nie sprays and boshi has deep nioiguchi Sword Location : USA Will ship to : Anywhere Payment Methods Accepted : PayPal Price and Currency : $4000 USD Other Info and Full Description : A huge wakizashi, basically the length of katana and flawless, with a width of 3.24cm at the hamachi, with a double bo-hi, one wide and one narrow. A great Satsuma piece. Imozuru (potate vine) in ha. The smith Masayoshi: Rated jōjō-saku Real name Ijichi Ji´emon (伊地知次右衛門), he also bore the first names Chūzō (仲蔵) and Heikaku (平覚), his smith name is in some sources also quoted as Masayuki, he signed in early years with Masahira (正平) and Suetsura (季陣) and was the son of the 2nd gen. Masayoshi (正良), he succeeded as 3rd gen. Masayoshi (正良) after the death of the 2nd gen. but with receiving the honorary title Hōki no Kami on the first day of the twelfth month Kansei one (寛政, 1789), he changed the character of “yoshi” and signed his name henceforth with “Masayoshi” (正幸), from the fifth year of Kansei (1793) onwards he signed with the supplement “Satsuma-kankō” (薩摩官工, about “official smith of the Satsuma fief”), he died on the 22nd day of the fourth month Bunka one (文政, 1818) at the age of 86, together with Motohira (元平) he is regareded as one of the best Satsuma smiths of the late Edo period, according to extant documents he trained more than 40 students, wide mihaba, dense kasane, plenty of hira-niku, shallow sori, that means altogether a magnificent and robust sugata, in early years he forged a neat itame mixed with masame, later an itame mixed with ō-hada, in any case with much ji-nie, the jihada is generally more discernible at Masayoshi than at Motohira, the hamon is a vivid notare-midare and gunome-midare with a wide yakihaba, in his early years he also applied a suguha-hotsure, the yakigashira show nie which make them look pointed, there are plenty of hataraki found like sunagashi, nijūba or imozuru, the bōshi is round and shows hakikake or nie-kuzure, often a bōhi with kaki-nagashi is cut, the tang has a bulbous cutting-edge side which tends to funagata and tapers to a narrow kengyō-jiri, the yasurime are kiri. Quote
Sukaira Posted Saturday at 11:00 PM Author Report Posted Saturday at 11:00 PM This is now pending sale Quote
Sukaira Posted yesterday at 12:46 AM Author Report Posted yesterday at 12:46 AM Mentioned above in the description as flawless, a mistake, actually has 3 small kitae ware. Quote
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