Jūyō 71 Results

[Jussi Ekholm]

NBTHK released the Jūyō 71 results today.

 

As I got home from work I looked through them and indexed them in my usual format (only swords as I did this fast). Here are the translittered results, and original Japanese PDF can be found at NBTHK website: https://www.touken.or.jp/Portals/0/第71回重要刀剣等指定品発表.pdf

 

Seems like this year 64 swords passed and 568 were sent in. Congratulations to everyone who passed an item

 

1. Katana – Awataguchi Hisakuni – Mumei [粟田口久国]

2. Katana – Awataguchi Kuniyoshi – Mumei [粟田口国吉]

3. Tachi – den Awataguchi – Mumei [伝粟田口]

4. Tachi – Rai Kuniyuki - 国行 [来]

5. Katana – Rai Kuniyuki – Mumei [来国行]

6. Tantō – Rai Kunitoshi (1321) - 来国俊 / 元亨元年四月 (Cut off)

7. Tachi – Ryōkai – Mumei [了戒]

8. Katana – Rai Kunimitsu – Mumei [来国光]

9. Katana – den Rai Kunimitsu – Mumei [伝来国光]

10. Katana – den Rai Kunimitsu – Mumei [伝来国光]

11. Katana – Rai Kunitsugu – Mumei [来国次]

12. Katana – Nakajima Rai – Mumei [中島来]

13. Katana – den Hasebe – Mumei [伝長谷部]

14. Katana – Sanjō Yoshinori - 吉則[三条]

15. Ken – Yukisada (Senju’in) - 行貞 [伝千手院]

16. Katana – Senju’in – Mumei [千手院]

17. Tachi – den Taima Tomoyuki - 友 (Cut off) [伝当麻友行]

18. Katana – Hoshō – Mumei [保昌]

19. Katana – Yamato Shizu – Mumei [大和志津]

20. Tantō – Shintōgo – Mumei [新藤五]

21. Katana – den Yukimitsu – Mumei [伝行光]

22. Katana – den Yukimitsu – Mumei [伝行光]

23. Tantō – Yukimitsu (1322) - 鎌倉住人行光 / 元亨二年三月

24. Wakizashi – den Sadamune – Mumei [伝貞宗]

25. Tantō – den Sadamune – Mumei [伝貞宗] (Attachment – Hon’ami Origami (1656) - 明暦二年本阿弥光温折紙)

26. Katana – den Shizu – Mumei [伝志津]

27. Tantō – Shizu – Mumei [志津]

28. Katana – den Gō – Mumei [伝江]

29. Katana – Fukuoka Ichimonji – Mumei [福岡一文字]

30. Katana – Ichimonji – Mumei [一文字]

31. Katana – den Yoshioka Ichimonji – Mumei [伝吉岡一文字]

32. Naoshi – Yoshioka Ichimonji - 一 [吉岡一文字]

33. Katana – Chikakage – Mumei [近景]

34. Wakizashi – Moriie – Mumei [守家]

35. Tachi – Kanemitsu - 備州長船住兼光 (Attachment – Hon’ami Origami - 本阿弥光忠折紙) (Attachment – Koshirae - 黒蠟色鞘打刀拵)

36. Wakizashi – Yoshimitsu (1357) - 備州長船義光 / 延文二年七月日

37. Katana – Motomitsu – Mumei [基光]

38. Katana – Motoshige – Mumei [元重]

39. Katana – Kanenaga – Mumei [兼長]

40. Katana – Nagamori – Mumei [長守]

41. Katana – Ōmiya Morikage – Mumei [盛景]

42. Tachi – Yasumitsu (1419) - 備州長船康光 / 応永廿六年六月日

43. Katana – Genbei Sukesada (1565) - 備前国住長船源兵衛尉祐定作 / 於天神山作 / 永禄八年二月吉日

44. Tachi – Tametsugu - 為次

45. Tachi – Aoe - 備□ (Fumei) [青江]

46. Katana – Aoe – Mumei [青江]

47. Tachi – Masatsune (Bitchū Senoo) - 正恒 [備中妹尾]

48. Katana – Ko-Mihara Masaie – Mumei [古三原正家]

49. Katana – Ko-Mihara Masahiro – Mumei [古三原正広] [Kiritsuke 備前長船住祐直上ル之]

50. Katana – Ko-Mihara – Mumei [古三原] [Kinzōgan ga aru 松平與一郎 (花押) / 依野田城戦功之拝受ス]

51. Tantō – Sa Yasuyoshi – [Shumei 左 / 長識 (花押)] [左安吉]

52. Naoshi – Sa Sadayoshi – [Shusho 左] [左貞吉]

53. Tachi – Bungo Yukihira - 豊後国行平作

54. Katana – Bungo Tomoyuki – Mumei [豊後友行]

55. Wakizashi – Bungo Tomoyuki (Nanbokuchō) - 友行 [豊後 - 時代南北朝]

56. Katana – Enju Kunitoki – Mumei [延寿国時]

57. Katana – Enju – Mumei [延寿]

58. Katana – Horikawa Kunihiro - 国広

59. Katana – Ikkanshi Tadatsuna (1658) - 粟田口近江守忠綱 / 明暦二二年五月日 / 以地鉄鍛作之

60. Katana – Kotetsu - 長曽祢興里虎徹入道 [Kinzōgan 万治三年十一月十日 / 野勘十郎成久 (花押) / 三ツ胴截断]

61. Katana – Hizen Tadahiro (1629) - 肥前国住武蔵大掾藤原忠広 / 寛永六年二月吉日

62. Wakizashi – Hizen Tadahiro (1630) - 肥前国住藤原忠広 / 永七年八月吉日

63. Katana – Hizen Masahiro (1648) - 肥前国佐賀住河内大掾藤原正広作 / 正保五年二月吉日

64. Katana – Mondo no Shō Masakiyo – (一葉葵紋) 主水正藤原正清

[eternal_newbie]

Thanks Jussi. Seems like a somewhat higher pass rate than the last couple of years, closer to the historical average. Then again, there seems to be about 100 less swords submitted than last year, so maybe people have been a bit more selective with what they send in and thus an increase in the overall quality of the submissions.

[klee]

Always love when a Sue Bizen sword sneaks in bc I know it must be a magnificent Zokumei Sukesada sample to make it that high to Juyo

[Volker62]

Thnk you for sharing Jussi !!

[Sukaira]

Yesss thank you 

[Lewis B]

A signed Tametsugu is quite special. 

[eternal_newbie]

12 minutes ago, Lewis B said:

A signed Tametsugu is quite special. 

Yep. Ko-Aoe Tametsugu (為次), not Echizen/Etchu Tametsugu (為継).

[Jussi Ekholm]

I think I managed to find correct swords for Tametsugu and Masatsune but will know for sure in few years when I will get the book and see them in picture. Very short tachi like that are not that common and they are not really blades that I personally enjoy.

 

One thing that I noticed that there are 57 Kotō swords and 16 of them are signed (and two of the signed ones only seem to have 1 readable character). 

 

What is funny I made this post in October trying to throw up an "average" Jūyō pass stereotype that is in my head: 

 

Few Awataguchi

A lot of Rai

Few Hasebe

Few Nobukuni

Quite a bunch of variety of 5 Yamato schools

Few Shintōgo / Yukimitsu

Maybe Masamune / Sadamune / Hiromitsu / Akihiro

Some Shizu / Naoe Shizu

Few Nanbokuchō / Muromachi Mino

Few Tametsugu

Few Norishige / Gō

Some Ko-Bizen

Lot of Ichimonji

Some Osafune mainline

Few Hatakeda / Ukai

Few Motoshige

Bunch of Sōden-Bizen

Bunch of sideline Bizen

Some Muromachi Bizen

Few Ko-Aoe

Bunch of Aoe

Few Ko-Mihara

Bunch of Sa school works

Few Enju

 

I think my estimate was pretty good  The red ones were missing this session and I overshot the blue amounts but the session was actually very small in passed swords compared to many previous sessions.

I was bit surprised there were no Ko-Bizen passes this session. On the other way Sanjō Yoshinori pass & 2 Bungo Tomoyuki were something that was unexpected for me.