元重（長船元重）（貞宗三哲）（最上大業物）（重要刀剣） Motoshige
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Era
Kamakura
Specifications
Nagasa
70.8 cm
Sori
1.2 cm
Motohaba
3 cm
Sakihaba
2.15 cm
NihontoWatchBETAWeight (toshin only): 734g It has arrived, it has arrived—a famous meito designated as Juyo Token by Osafune Motoshige, a representative of the renowned Bizen smiths and a creator of Saijo Owazamono. Motoshige was the grandson of the master Hatakeda Moriie and the son of Morishige (who was the son-in-law of the master Osafune Nagamitsu), making him a swordsmith of an ultra-prestigious lineage. Since ancient times, Bizen Osafune Motoshige has been counted as one of the Soshu Sadamune Santetsu (the three brilliant pupils of Sadamune: Motoshige, Nobukuni, and Hoji Kunimitsu). The excellence of Motoshige's sharpness has been well-established since antiquity; the "Tora-gozen" owned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strategist Takenaka Hanbei and the haito of Takigawa Kazumasu were both by Motoshige, and there was a famous meibutsu Motoshige named "Sake-kiri" (Salmon-cutter) passed down through the Yamana Sagami-no-kami family. Yamada Asaemon also ranked him at the level of Saijo Owazamono. This katana is a Motoshige, whose works exist from the late Kamakura period around the Shoowa era (1313, 713 years ago) through the Nanbokucho period. Motoshige's characteristics are seen in the kitae which mixes nagare-masame and jifu, a hamon where angular gunome is prominent with a sakagakari (slanting) quality, the presence of hataraki such as saka-ashi and yo within the ha, and a boshi that becomes pointed, showing somewhat of an Aoe temperament. This katana has a wide mihaba and a sugata with an extended chu-kissaki. The jigane is itame-hada mixed with nagare-hada with midare-utsuri appearing. The hamon is suguha-cho mixed with gunome and angular ha; ko-ashi and saka-ashi enter, the nioiguchi is shimari-kokoro, and the blade is wonderfully clear (saeru). The boshi becomes pointed at the tip, clearly exhibiting the characteristics of Motoshige. It is a magnificent, characteristic, and typical meito of the Nanbokucho period from the Bizen Osafune smiths—specifically Osafune Kanemitsu, Osafune Chogi, and Osafune Motoshige—who are said to represent Soden Bizen. Please enjoy this meito by Osafune Motoshige, a member of the Sadamune Santetsu and a Saijo Owazamono smith, who is an object of envy for sword lovers.
NihontoWatchBETAPrice on request
Kamakura
70.8 cm
1.2 cm
3 cm
2.15 cm
Weight (toshin only): 734g It has arrived, it has arrived—a famous meito designated as Juyo Token by Osafune Motoshige, a representative of the renowned Bizen smiths and a creator of Saijo Owazamono. Motoshige was the grandson of the master Hatakeda Moriie and the son of Morishige (who was the son-in-law of the master Osafune Nagamitsu), making him a swordsmith of an ultra-prestigious lineage. Since ancient times, Bizen Osafune Motoshige has been counted as one of the Soshu Sadamune Santetsu (the three brilliant pupils of Sadamune: Motoshige, Nobukuni, and Hoji Kunimitsu). The excellence of Motoshige's sharpness has been well-established since antiquity; the "Tora-gozen" owned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's strategist Takenaka Hanbei and the haito of Takigawa Kazumasu were both by Motoshige, and there was a famous meibutsu Motoshige named "Sake-kiri" (Salmon-cutter) passed down through the Yamana Sagami-no-kami family. Yamada Asaemon also ranked him at the level of Saijo Owazamono. This katana is a Motoshige, whose works exist from the late Kamakura period around the Shoowa era (1313, 713 years ago) through the Nanbokucho period. Motoshige's characteristics are seen in the kitae which mixes nagare-masame and jifu, a hamon where angular gunome is prominent with a sakagakari (slanting) quality, the presence of hataraki such as saka-ashi and yo within the ha, and a boshi that becomes pointed, showing somewhat of an Aoe temperament. This katana has a wide mihaba and a sugata with an extended chu-kissaki. The jigane is itame-hada mixed with nagare-hada with midare-utsuri appearing. The hamon is suguha-cho mixed with gunome and angular ha; ko-ashi and saka-ashi enter, the nioiguchi is shimari-kokoro, and the blade is wonderfully clear (saeru). The boshi becomes pointed at the tip, clearly exhibiting the characteristics of Motoshige. It is a magnificent, characteristic, and typical meito of the Nanbokucho period from the Bizen Osafune smiths—specifically Osafune Kanemitsu, Osafune Chogi, and Osafune Motoshige—who are said to represent Soden Bizen. Please enjoy this meito by Osafune Motoshige, a member of the Sadamune Santetsu and a Saijo Owazamono smith, who is an object of envy for sword lovers.
NihontoWatchBETAPrice on request
Kamakura
70.8 cm
1.2 cm
3 cm
2.15 cm
