Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchBishu Osafune Yokoyama Sukekane was a swordsmith who succeeded as the 13th generation of Bizen Osafune Sukesada and was the 58th generation descendant of the master smith Tomonari from the Koto period; his extant works date from around Tenpo 5 (1834) to around Meiji 5 (1872). He is highly evaluated as one of the representative smiths of Bizen forging at the end of the Edo period. In this work, the jigane shows a refined and powerful forging where the ko-itame hada is well-kneaded and tight, and ji-nie is present. The hamon is a brilliant kiku-ka choji in nioi-deki with many ashi, and the nioiguchi is bright and clear; it is a superior masterpiece that fully displays the Bizen-den style of the Shinshinto period and the workmanship of Yokoyama Sukekane.
Certificate reading — 銘 備前長船住横山祐包作 友成五十八代孫 萬延元年二月日
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Bizen-den · Bizen · around 1834-1872
Tōken Taikan top 60%
8 pieces on the market now
Bizen-den · Bizen
24 pieces on the market now
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukenobu祐信 | 1830-1844 | 0 |
| Suketaka祐高 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sukeharu祐春 | 1864-1865 | 0 |
| Sukehiro祐廣 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sukekane祐包 | 1868-1912 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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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