NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThe Myochin family is a prestigious lineage of armorers with a tradition dating back to the late Heian period, and since the Muromachi period, they have been widely known for producing excellent armor. During the Edo period, they utilized the advanced forged iron techniques cultivated through armor making to leave behind many masterpieces in the field of tosogu as well. The creator of this work, the 59th generation Masuda Myochin Ki Muneaki, was a member of the Myochin family active during the late Edo period, and as the meibun "Katchu Yokyo Saku No" is carved, it can be inferred that this was produced as a hobby alongside his primary profession of armor making. This work is a kawari-gata sukashi tsuba with a bold and original design combining a rope and a sickle. The rope running around the outer perimeter is powerfully twisted, and a sickle is skillfully arranged inside it, showing excellent design qualities within a concise composition. The forged iron techniques unique to the Myochin family are demonstrated in the detailed expression of the rope twists and the handle of the sickle, and the tetsu-ji exhibits a robust and tight texture. Furthermore, a long mei is carved on the seppa-dai, and the fact that one can feel the creator's pride and sense of playfulness is also a highlight. While taking up familiar subjects such as a rope and a sickle, it is a work that has been sublimated into a high-grade tosogu through excellent tetsu-aji and skillful modeling; this piece expresses such subjects with a bold sukashi composition and is an impressive masterpiece that conveys the advanced ironworking techniques and original design sense handed down through the Myochin family to the present day.
Certificate reading — 銘 五十九代増田明珍紀宗朗 甲冑余興作之
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| Munemasa宗政 | — | 0 |
| Yasutsugu保次 | — | 0 |
| Munesada宗定 | — | 0 |
| Munetsugu宗次 | — | 0 |
| Yoshitada義忠 | — | 0 |
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