AS21445 Tanto:Sa Yukihide 左行秀

Description

Ordering number:AS21445
Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae.(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)(Consignment Sale)

Signature :　Sa Yukihide
左行秀

Sayagaki:
1.
The great Suguha-deki by Sa Yukihide. It is made in about Kaei era.(1848-1854) Definitely one of the masterpieces.written by Dr. Kanzan.

2.
Great work by Yukihide. Showa 44(1969) 21. July, Apollo 11 succeeded in landing on the moon’s surface.
(written by Dr. Shibata Mitsuo)

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo Jyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished by high ranking polisher.
Habaki :　Gold foiled single habaki.
Blade length : 19.7 cm or 7.76 inches.
Sori :0.0 cm or inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi :2.16 cm or 0.85 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : cm or inches.
Kasane :0.6 cm or 0.236 inches.
The weight of the sword 130grams.
Era : Late Edo period.
Shape : The blade is rather short size regular thickness nice looking shape.
Jigane :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach small chikei work.
Hamon :Nie deki deep nioikuchi suguha and double hamon .
Bo-shi is round shape hakikake style.

Special feature:Sa Yukihide was born in Asakura Hoshimaru-no-Sato, Joza-gun, Chikuzen Province for 10 years as a son of Ito Matabei Morishige.And he himself has appointed the 39th generation of Chikuzen Samonji, and there is a work inscribed on it. In the first year of Tenpo, he learned the training technique of Shimizu Hisayoshi, a master of Hosokawa Masayoshi. He went up to Edo again, changed his residence to the Tosa clan’s residence in Fukagawa Sunamura, and made making swords. Returning to Tosa, it is named Touko. His sword was finished in the 3rd year of the Meiji era, and his later years are said to be a brewery in Yokohama with his son Ikuma until his death at the age of 75 in the 20th year of the Meiji era.

Koshirae :
Saya :On the wood saya, engraved Kizami.
Menuki : On the round shape shibuichi plate, engraved Ume tree.
Mei:Hunada Ikkin.
Kozuka:on the shibuichi plate, leaves are engraved with tiny gold powder.
Kogatana:flower lily is engraved.
Kari zuno.,Kurikata, Fuchikashira. are made by tortoiseshell、

From Aoi Art: Most of Sa Yukihide’s styles are magnificent Shinshin to,
and many of them have narrow shinogi haba and high shinogi
for their width. Jinie is thick and chikei is added to the ground iron,
and Nioi is deeply dripping based on Middle suguha.
Nioi is deeply attached and Kinsuji and sunagashi are applied.
Produce wonderful works such as.
He rarely produces Tanto, and this work is extremely rare.
It is also listed as one in Dr Kanzan’s treasury listed in Sayagaki
Unusually, Mr Shibata wrote a scabbard on the back
of Yukihide Yusaku nari on July 21, 1944 to commemorate Apollo’s standing on the moon.
It is a wonderful work with dignity made by deep suguha
and double hamon of nioikuchi in a wonderful jigane.
Koshirae (mounting) is also a wonderful work.
This is a work I would definitely recommend.
It was also interesting that Dr. Kanzan’s Sayagaki was listed
as one of the treasured items, and Shibata Mitsuo’s sayagaki was listed on the back.
Yukihide Yu saku 44 years Tsuchinoto Tori July 21st
Apollo arrived on the moon and human stood on. Shiba Zen.
In other words, Apollo 11 succeeded in landing on the moon’s surface
on July 20, 1969, and returned to the earth 21 hours and 30 minutes later.
I am already amazed by the flow of the 49 years.
This Sa Yukihide Tanto has been carefully preserved and continues to the present day.
In addition, this Tanto is included in the book “Sa Yukihide to Koyama Munetsugu sono Ichirui”(p.107).
Sa Yukihide’s Tanto rarely appears and it is very valuable.
Koshirae (mounting) is also a wonderful work that I would definitely recommend.