AS21041-Katana: Hizen Kuni Tadayoshi

Katana in Shirasaya　with Koshirae( NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
Signature:Hizen Kuni Tadayoshi (first generation.) 肥前国忠吉 first generation.

Sayagaki by Dr. Kanzan: This first-generation Tadayoshi is Shizu Utsushi. Nice sword which was made at Keicho period. Length is
67.0cm with Machiokuri. Showa 51 nen Shimotsuki kichijitsu
Kanzan shi.

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular
saku)
This sword belongs to Saijyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.

Habaki: Gold foiled double habaki.
Blade length :67.0 cm or 26.4 inches.
Sori :1,3cm or 0.512 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 3,12cm or 1.23 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2,32cm or 0.913 inches.
Kasane :0,65cm or 0,256inches.
The weight of the sword 760 grams.
Era : Edo period Keicho era.
Shape: The blade has a small Machiokuri wide and thick with suitable sori and Oo-Kissali nice looking shape.
Jigane: Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach beautiful hizen texture. Shinogi ji:Koitame hada and masaje hada mixed.
Hamon :Konie deki suguha based deep nioikuchi notare and kogunome
Midare mixed Sunagashi, kinsuji work. Bo-shi is a big round shape
yakizume style.

Special feature: Hizen Kuni Tadayoshi first generation is called Hashimoto Shinzauemon and is the owner of the Hizen Nabeshima clan. He studied making swords from Umetada Myojyu in Kyoto along with Munenaga. Tadayoshi learned training techniques and Munenaga learned sword carving. In the third year of the same year, he returned to Hizen and lived in the castle of Saga and prospered
greatly under the patronage of the clan. He changed Genna 10 years to Tadahiro, where he went up again and received Musashi Daijyo. He is said to have died on August 15,
1997. This work is accompanied by Dr. Kanzan’s Sayagaki, and is described as a work of pleasure that is a copy of shizu.

From Aoi Art: This sword is wide and the middle Kissaki stretches greatly, and the flesh of Shinogi ji is carved from the waist to create a strange style. This kind of shape can be
seen in this swordsmith as it is. For Kitae, itame hada was mixed with mokume, and the small
jigane hada
became fine and the Kitai was finely mixed with Chikei. Hamon was Nioikuchi deep
in suguha. The
blade crest that returns to the style is bright and clear, full of old colors style, and is
a work of his
top-ranking of Shizu style. Keicho is a masterpiece sword of the five-character
Tadayoshi survived the active era around Keicho 17-18. It is the best
masterpiece sword of first-generation Tadayoshi that I would like to recommend by all
means.

Aoi Art estimation paper
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
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