A Mukansa tosho and designated Important Intangible Cultural Property of Kumamoto Prefecture, the famous swordsmith Minamoto Shigeyoshi (real name Tanigawa Matsukichi, born in Taisho 9) served as a director of the All Japan Swordsmith Association. He is a master craftsman representing Japan, having received the highest honors at the Shinsaku Meito Ten (Exhibition of New Masterpiece Swords), including the Kaicho-sho, Chokan-sho, Kanzan-sho, and Mainichi Shimbun-sha Sho. He is also renowned as the smith who dedicated his life to studying the Bakumatsu master Minamoto Kiyomaro in the modern era. This katana has a long nagasa with a wide motohaba and sakihaba, featuring an extended kissaki that copies the grand and magnificent sugata of Minamoto Kiyomaro. The jigane is forged in a powerful itame-hada, and the horimono consists of beautifully carved futasuji-hi. The hamon is a variation of Kiyomaro’s gunome-midare, fired with great spirit, brilliantly manifesting nie-sunagashi and kinsuji within the ha, effectively recreating the work of Minamoto Kiyomaro here. The koshirae further enhances the splendor of this sword; it features a magnificent saya and a tsuka wrapped in monkey skin (saru-no-kawa)—a traditional Higo koshirae technique rarely seen today. The production cost at the time is said to have been over 2.5 million yen. As this is the first time it has appeared on the market, we are offering it at a special low price through the courtesy of the owner. Please enjoy this masterpiece.
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¥1,000,000
Tracked across 76 dealers worldwide · price history · sold archive
Showa (1926-1989)
73.7 cm
1.3 cm
3.32 cm
2.36 cm
¥1,000,000
A Mukansa tosho and designated Important Intangible Cultural Property of Kumamoto Prefecture, the famous swordsmith Minamoto Shigeyoshi (real name Tanigawa Matsukichi, born in Taisho 9) served as a director of the All Japan Swordsmith Association. He is a master craftsman representing Japan, having received the highest honors at the Shinsaku Meito Ten (Exhibition of New Masterpiece Swords), including the Kaicho-sho, Chokan-sho, Kanzan-sho, and Mainichi Shimbun-sha Sho. He is also renowned as the smith who dedicated his life to studying the Bakumatsu master Minamoto Kiyomaro in the modern era. This katana has a long nagasa with a wide motohaba and sakihaba, featuring an extended kissaki that copies the grand and magnificent sugata of Minamoto Kiyomaro. The jigane is forged in a powerful itame-hada, and the horimono consists of beautifully carved futasuji-hi. The hamon is a variation of Kiyomaro’s gunome-midare, fired with great spirit, brilliantly manifesting nie-sunagashi and kinsuji within the ha, effectively recreating the work of Minamoto Kiyomaro here. The koshirae further enhances the splendor of this sword; it features a magnificent saya and a tsuka wrapped in monkey skin (saru-no-kawa)—a traditional Higo koshirae technique rarely seen today. The production cost at the time is said to have been over 2.5 million yen. As this is the first time it has appeared on the market, we are offering it at a special low price through the courtesy of the owner. Please enjoy this masterpiece.
NihontoWatchBETA¥1,000,000
Tracked across 76 dealers worldwide · price history · sold archive
Showa (1926-1989)
73.7 cm
1.3 cm
3.32 cm
2.36 cm
¥1,000,000
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