This is a tachi made by Morihiro during the Nanbokucho period. It has a standard width, thick kasane, and deep curvature with a signature engraved in tachi-mei style. The blade features itame hada with flowing grain pattern, ji-nie, and a hamon made in nie-deki with deep nioikuchi, small gunome-midare, ashi, yo, active kinsuji, and sunagashi.
越前には来国安の弟子と伝える千代鶴国安なるものが貞治頃にいて千代鶴派の祖となった、守弘はこの国安系の刀工 で銘鑑によれば初代を応永頃、二代を嘉吉頃としているが、現存するものには応永る溯るものと思われるものがあり、そ の作風は互の目調の乱れ刃で地刃共によく沸えて来風とは趣を異にしている。この太刀も互の目調の乱れ刃で沸がよくつ いた作であるが銘振が多少相異している。 恐らく代の少し下ったものであろう。
NihontoWatchsigned · Koto · nagasa 72.6cm · sori 2.1cm
Yamashiro-den · Echizen · around 1394-1428
Tōken Taikan top 21%
2 pieces on the market now
Where Morihiro 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.
Select a lens to see how it's measured.
Yamashiro-den · Echizen
10 pieces on the market now
The Chiyozuru lineage took root in Echizen Province during the Nanbokuchō period, and the setsumei consistently trace its origin to Rai Kuniyasu (来国安). He is said to have been born in Yamashiro Province, with one tradition holding him a grandson of Rai Kunisue; he later moved to Echizen, where the meikan place him around the Jōji and Sadaji eras (ca.
1362 to 1368). A parallel tradition, recorded on the signed tachi attributed to Morihiro, names Chiyozuru Kuniyasu[[c:1]] as a disciple of Rai Kuniyasu and the founder of the line. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kuniyasu國安 | 1345-1350 | 4 |
| Ieyoshi家善 | 1487-1489 | 0 |
| Kagemori景守 | 1394-1428 | 0 |
| Munemitsu宗光 | 1441-1444 | 0 |
| Iemasa家正 | 1492-1501 | 0 |
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.
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.
NBTHK official siteIf you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
This is a tachi made by Morihiro during the Nanbokucho period. It has a standard width, thick kasane, and deep curvature with a signature engraved in tachi-mei style. The blade features itame hada with flowing grain pattern, ji-nie, and a hamon made in nie-deki with deep nioikuchi, small gunome-midare, ashi, yo, active kinsuji, and sunagashi.
越前には来国安の弟子と伝える千代鶴国安なるものが貞治頃にいて千代鶴派の祖となった、守弘はこの国安系の刀工 で銘鑑によれば初代を応永頃、二代を嘉吉頃としているが、現存するものには応永る溯るものと思われるものがあり、そ の作風は互の目調の乱れ刃で地刃共によく沸えて来風とは趣を異にしている。この太刀も互の目調の乱れ刃で沸がよくつ いた作であるが銘振が多少相異している。 恐らく代の少し下ったものであろう。
NihontoWatchsigned · Koto · nagasa 72.6cm · sori 2.1cm
Yamashiro-den · Echizen · around 1394-1428
Tōken Taikan top 21%
2 pieces on the market now
Where Morihiro 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.
Select a lens to see how it's measured.
Yamashiro-den · Echizen
10 pieces on the market now
The Chiyozuru lineage took root in Echizen Province during the Nanbokuchō period, and the setsumei consistently trace its origin to Rai Kuniyasu (来国安). He is said to have been born in Yamashiro Province, with one tradition holding him a grandson of Rai Kunisue; he later moved to Echizen, where the meikan place him around the Jōji and Sadaji eras (ca.
1362 to 1368). A parallel tradition, recorded on the signed tachi attributed to Morihiro, names Chiyozuru Kuniyasu[[c:1]] as a disciple of Rai Kuniyasu and the founder of the line. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kuniyasu國安 | 1345-1350 | 4 |
| Ieyoshi家善 | 1487-1489 | 0 |
| Kagemori景守 | 1394-1428 | 0 |
| Munemitsu宗光 | 1441-1444 | 0 |
| Iemasa家正 | 1492-1501 | 0 |
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.
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.
NBTHK official siteIf you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
