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Name: 福岡一文字 助重 太刀 重要刀剣
Brand: Sukeshige
SKU: 479
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Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukeshige

Tachi: Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukeshige - Juyo Token

mei · Ichimonji · Kamakura · nagasa 70.6cm · sori 2cm

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Measurements & details

Smith

Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukeshige

Type

Tachi

School

Fukuoka Ichimonji

Period

Around 1240–1243(Ninji)

Province

Bizen

Signature

Signed(100% of this smith's designated works are signed)

Measurements

Nagasa 70.6cmSori 2cmMotohaba 2.7cmSakihaba 1.7cmKasane 0.6cmWeight 638g

Description

This is a tachi by Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukeshige, designated as a Juyo Token. It features a deep sori, small kissaki, vivid midare-utsuri, and fine jigane with choujimidare hamon. The sword is suriage and has a gold habaki.

NBTHK Zufu Commentary

Juyo

AI translation — may contain errors

-, 18th Session — Designated April 26, 1969

, : Sukeshige (助重)

Measurements 70.6 cm, 2.0 cm, 2.6 cm, 1.8 cm, 3.1 cm, 17.4 cm

Description Keijo: , , ; slightly slender and elegant, with somewhat shallow . : , somewhat ; appears. : mixed with , , and other elements; and enter frequently; is deep, with adhering in the lower half, and appears. : , turning back in . : None. : ; ; two ; ; a two-character signature “Sukeshige” is present on the .

Artisan Sukeshige

Era Mid- period

Explanation Although this blade is , it retains a two-character signature, “Sukeshige,” at about the middle of the tang. The name Sukeshige likely corresponds to the smith recorded in reference works as “, Fukuoka, around the Einin era.” However, judged from the workmanship, it is regarded as a work of the group from somewhat earlier—mid-.

Extant signed works are extremely rare. This is of fine workmanship, and both and are in comparatively (sound and well-preserved) condition.

About the maker

Sukeshige

助重

Bizen-den · Bizen · around 1240-1243

Tōken Taikan top 8%

Historical importance

Where Sukeshige 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.

随一

Foremost

屈指

Leading

有数

Major

著名

Notable

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Designation record

2 designated works

Jūyō Bunkazai: 1
Jūyō: 1

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About the school

Fukuoka Ichimonji

福岡一文字

Bizen-den · Bizen

Phase: Fukuoka Ichimonji福岡一文字· 1207–1288

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Centered at Fukuoka in Bizen across the middle Kamakura decades, this window is the loud heart of the Ichimonji school, the moment when the ichi-mark workshops pushed their chōji tempering to its showiest extreme. The setsumei repeatedly name the same triad as its representative hands: Norifusa, Sukezane, and Yoshifusa, a grouping cited again and again as the smiths who forged the most flamboyant chōji-midare of the period. Learn more →

71 recorded smiths355 designated works

Leading smiths

Smith	Era	Designated
Sukezane助眞	1264-1275	42
Yoshifusa吉房	1247-1249	45
Norimune則宗	1184-1185	8
Yoshihira吉平	1243-1247	17
Tamekiyo爲清	1213-1219	6

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NBTHK Certificate

Jūyō Tōken重要刀剣

Important Sword

A blade of top-grade workmanship and condition, formally judged to rank with a nationally recognized Important Art Object (Jūyō Bijutsuhin). Awarded only at the NBTHK’s competitive annual examination.

Of Japan’s roughly 2.5 million registered swords, only 12,307 (about 1 in 203) have ever attained Jūyō.

About the NBTHK›

The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.

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