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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch種広は、市太郎の名乗を冠する肥前平戸や神崎に住した守俊、守次、盛行などと同じ市太系の鍛冶。遺作は少ないながらも「肥前国住肥後大掾源種広」と切銘された「透間雲」の添銘入の刀があり、詰んだ地鉄に華やかで明るい乱刃を焼いた作は肥前正廣や行廣に近似してしかも出来優れ、忠吉一門との深い交流が考えられる。
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Hizen · around 1624-1644
Where Tanehiro stands among comparable artisans: across all of nihontō, and within tradition, era, and period. The tiers (Foremost · Leading · Major · Notable) weigh official designations from the NBTHK and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, together with historical honors of lasting repute such as the Sansaku and Meibutsu-chō.
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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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