AS25605 Katana: Hizen Koku Ju Oumi Ddaijo Fujiwara Tadahiro (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Inscription: 肥前国住近江大掾藤原忠広 Hizen Koku Ju Oumi Ddaijo Fujiwara Tadahiro

We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.
This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Fujiwara Tadahiro.

Habaki: iron base
Blade Length: 74.8 cm (29.4 in)
Curvature: 1.5 cm (0.6 in)
Width at Base(Motohaba):3.32 cm (1.3 in)
Width at tip(Sakihaba): 2.24 cm (0.9 in)
Thickness: 0.76 cm (0.3 in)
Blade Weight: 875g
Era: the early Edo period

Shape: wide and thick blade with small curvature and slightly long kissaki
Jigane: Koitame hada
Hamon: Nie base Suguha with thick nioikuchi

Features: Shinto: Jyosaku: Owazamono Hizen
Hizen-kuni jū Fujiwara Tadahiro was the son of the first-generation Tadayoshi. After his father’s death, his works begin to appear from Kan’ei 10 (1633), and in Kan’ei 18 (1641), at the age of twenty-nine, he received the honorary title Ōmi Daijō. Throughout his life he never succeeded to the Tadayoshi signature, but continued to sign “Tadahiro.”
He worked for roughly sixty years until his death in Genroku 6 (1693) at the age of eighty, leaving behind a large number of swords in a wide variety of styles. His workmanship is renowned, and he is regarded as second only to his father Tadayoshi in skill. Among Hizen-school blades, his jigane is said to be exceptionally beautiful.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata

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