HIZEN MASAHIRO

[micha]

Hi,

I'm looking for oshigata or pictures from signatures from masahiro blades, especially from the 5th generation.

 

baudenelle@hotmail.com

 

Greetings,

Micha

[b.hennick]

Hello:

Here is a scan of an oshigata of a fifth generation Hizen Masahiro. I collect Masahiro and may have other oshigata that might interest you.

[micha]

Thanks alot, most of my collection are hizen masahiro and omi daijo tadahiro. If you have other oshigata's ore pictures that would be nice.

I have a Masahiro wakizashi blade but don't know if the mei is genuine.

 

Micha

[micha]

I've tried to attache a picture. It's the blade on the right, left is my Masahiro tanto

 

Micha

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[Clive Sinclaire]

Micha

I am interested to know what it is that you like about Hizen-to and Masahiro in particular?

Regards

Clive Sinclaire

[cabowen]

I saw literally thousands of swords in the 14 years I lived in Japan but of those there are some that were unforgettable. One of those was a Juyo shodai Masahiro katana. It was about 29" long, broad, with perfect Hizen konuka hada and a flamboyant Hizen choji hamon. Just a spectacular sword...If only I had a spare $150,000 it could have been mine....

[estcrh]

Hello, do you know this site? http://www.hizento.net/index.php Roger Robertshaw's site dedicated to Hizen

[micha]

Hi Clive,

 

My first sword was a rusted Hizen Masahiro wakizashi that later on was polished by Zenon (Bruges, Belgium). I began to read about the Hizen school and that's how the passion started. Now I have a few Masahiro and Omi Daijo Tadahiro blades. But I also have a few other very nice blades like a kamakura Aoe naginato naoshi, Daido, yamato tegai, rai kinmichi, kanenori tanto, ... . After years it's becomming an obsession and I like it.

 

Greetings Michael

[micha]

This oshigata I got from Roger (Tadayoshi) Robertshaw. It's a 5th generation Hizen Masahiro and looks quite like mine. I'm considering to send it for shinsa but I'm not really a collector of paperwork so probably I will not send it.

 

Micha

[micha]

Hey Clive,

 

I forgot to tell what I like about them. First of all I'm very intrested in the fact that the sugata changed in the keicho period and because I can't afford an Umetada Myoju.... .

If you see my Omi Daijo Tadahiro katana, what is probably a dai-mai dai-saku by Mutsu no kami Tadayoshi (3rd generation Tadayoshi) than you understand why I'm obsessed about it. It's simply perfect, very fine perfect konuka hada, perfect hamon, many hataraki and a gorgious sugata. It's a little machiokuri otherwise it was a juyo blade. All my Masahiro and Tadayoshi school blades are so well made that it's impossible NOT to like them.

But like Roger told me

'You can never own them all, but he who dies with the most toys, wins!'

 

Micha

[Jean]

I can't afford an Umetada Myoju

and above all find one ...

[b.hennick]

Micha PM sent.