Around 1800 Suishinshi Masahide argued in his writings that the craft must return to the old masters’ methods: the fukkotō revival. His greatest successor Naotane worked convincingly in Bizen and Sōshū manners that had been dead for centuries.
Katana Mei: Unsyu Fujiwara Naganobu Bunkyu 2, Year of the Dog, November 29th. At Tenmacho, Kuruma Dodan-barai, Goto鍛之四 (Tan-no-shi) tested this. Product Number 31-2573 Katana Unsyu Fujiwara Naganobu Province / Era Unsyu, Bakumatsu In Shirasaya Nagasa 69.4cm (2 shaku 3 sun 2 bu) Sori 1.8cm (6 bu) Motohaba 3.25cm Sakihaba 2.56cm Motokasane 6.3mm Sakikasane 5.3mm Toshin weight 830g Weight without saya - g Nakago Ubu Mekugi-ana 1 Hamon Suguha Price Undecided (Price including tax) A disciple of the 5th generation Izumo Fuyuhiro. By order of the Matsue Clan, he went to Edo and became a monjin of Chounsai Tsunatoshi. He returned to Matsue in Kaei 5. There is a tameshigiri-mei by Goto Rokunosuke. "Ryoguruma" refers to cutting through both lower limbs aligned together; since it is noted as "Dodan-barai," the cut likely continued all the way through into the sand mound below. The hamon is suguha in konie-deki, and the jigane is a well-tightened komoku-hada. It is a grand katana with a wide mihaba.
NihontoWatchsigned · Shin-Shinto · nagasa 69.4cm · sori 1.8cm
The Shinshintō revival
Around 1800 Suishinshi Masahide argued in his writings that the craft must return to the old masters’ methods: the fukkotō revival. His greatest successor Naotane worked convincingly in Bizen and Sōshū manners that had been dead for centuries.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
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