This katana is signed by Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, a smith from Hizen province active in the early Edo period. It features a robust form with a wide body, moderate curvature, and a chu-kissaki. The blade exhibits an itame-hada jigane with mixed mokume and nagare-hada, and a chu-suguha hamon with a tight nioiguchi.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 70.9cm · sori 1.8cm
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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¥360,000
