This katana was made by Sagami Goro Minamoto Masanori in the late Edo period (around 1861). The blade measures 79.3cm and features a choji midare hamon and itame mokume jigane. It comes with a shirasaya and a 日本美術刀剣保存協会 保存刀剣鑑定書 (NBTHK Hozon Token) certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 79.3cm · sori 2.1cm
Shinshinto · Musashi
75 pieces on the market now
At Hamachō in Edo, in the closing decades of the eighteenth century and the opening ones of the nineteenth, Suishinshi Masahide[[c:1]] gathered the school that would turn Japanese swordmaking back toward its medieval models. Born Kawabe Gihachirō at Akayu in Dewa in 1750, signing first as Suzuki Takahide and then Eikoku, he studied under the Shitahara smith Yoshihide of Musashi, took the name Masahide in An'ei 3, and served the Akimoto house of Yamagata before settling in Edo, where he worked for nearly fifty years. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Naotane直胤 | 1801-1837 | 40 |
| Masahide正秀 | 1777-1817 | 28 |
| Sukemasa助政 | 1804-1825 | 8 |
| Jirotaro Naokatsu直勝 | 1805-1858 | 6 |
| Masayoshi正義 | 1791-1860 | 5 |
If the item is not to your liking, please feel free to return it for any reason. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility. After the item arrives and we confirm it is in the same condition as at the time of sale, we transfer the refund to your designated account the same day. Purchases made at the store are outside the scope of cooling-off.
This katana was made by Sagami Goro Minamoto Masanori in the late Edo period (around 1861). The blade measures 79.3cm and features a choji midare hamon and itame mokume jigane. It comes with a shirasaya and a 日本美術刀剣保存協会 保存刀剣鑑定書 (NBTHK Hozon Token) certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Kansei (1789-1801) · nagasa 79.3cm · sori 2.1cm
Shinshinto · Musashi
75 pieces on the market now
At Hamachō in Edo, in the closing decades of the eighteenth century and the opening ones of the nineteenth, Suishinshi Masahide[[c:1]] gathered the school that would turn Japanese swordmaking back toward its medieval models. Born Kawabe Gihachirō at Akayu in Dewa in 1750, signing first as Suzuki Takahide and then Eikoku, he studied under the Shitahara smith Yoshihide of Musashi, took the name Masahide in An'ei 3, and served the Akimoto house of Yamagata before settling in Edo, where he worked for nearly fifty years. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Naotane直胤 | 1801-1837 | 40 |
| Masahide正秀 | 1777-1817 | 28 |
| Sukemasa助政 | 1804-1825 | 8 |
| Jirotaro Naokatsu直勝 | 1805-1858 | 6 |
| Masayoshi正義 | 1791-1860 | 5 |
If the item is not to your liking, please feel free to return it for any reason. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility. After the item arrives and we confirm it is in the same condition as at the time of sale, we transfer the refund to your designated account the same day. Purchases made at the store are outside the scope of cooling-off.
