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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchYOSHINOBU / UMETADA / KATANA YOSHINOBU, YAMASHIRO UMETADA SHINTO c. 1624 FUJISHIRO RATED: JO-SAKU KAJIHARA PAPERS STUDENT OF UMETADA MYOJU SUGATA: SZ MEI: YAMASHIRO no KUNI JU UMETADA YOSHINOBU DATE: NONE c. 1624 NAGASA: 71.12cm (28′′) OVERALL: 90.5cm (35.625′′) MIHABA: cm (1.25′′) KASANE: 0.63cm (0.25′′) SORI: 0.5 NAKAGO: UBU MEKUGI ANA: ONE YASURIME: YOKOYASURI MUNE: IORI HADA: KO-ITAME HAMON: SUGUHA BOSHI: KOMARU with Hakikake HORIMONO OMOTE: NONE HORIMONO URA: NONE HABAKI: 2 PC. SILVER SHIRASAYA Courtesy of Sesko’s, Swordsmiths A-Z: YOSHINOBU (吉信), 1st gen., Kan ́ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Yamashiro – “Yamashiro no Kuni-jū Umetada Yoshinobu” (山城国住埋忠吉信), “Yamato no Daijō Yoshinobu” (大和大掾吉信), real name Umetada Hikobei (埋忠彦兵衛), he is also listed with the first name Hikoichi (彦市), he was the second son of Umetada Shigeyoshi (重義) and it is said that he studied under Umetada Myōju (埋忠明寿), he was first and foremost an excellent horimono artist and rarely forged blades, the jigane is a dense ko-itame with ji-nie, the hamon is a gunome mixed with midare in ko-nie-deki with much nie and a wide nioiguchi, jō-saku From Fujishiro’s Shinto Hen: Yoshinobu Umetada, Kanei c. 1624, Yamashiro, Josaku. The second son of Umetada Yoshitsugu. He was known to be a skilled engraver, and his katana are rare. As you can see from above finding a katana by this smith is very rare. This 28” katana is an exquisite work as one would expect from a student of Umetada Myoju. The ji-hada is a tight ko-itame and the hamon is a ko-notare based on suguha in nie deki. The boshi is outstanding with hakikake on one side and more of a variation of Kaen on the other. Kaen is like sunagashi and where it varies is that it flows into the turnback and is quite beautiful. This sword comes with a 48-hr. inspection period. Please refer to the Policy Page for complete details. SOLD
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Yamashiro · around 1624-1644
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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.
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