| Product No. WA-0896 和泉守藤原国貞 | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
Izumi no Kami Fujiwara Kunisada Back: -- |
| Shape | Shinogi-zukuri, Iori-mune, Chū-kissaki. A Kan'ei-period ko-wakizashi with a wide mihaba, substantial kasane, and graceful sori |
| Region | Settsu Province |
| Era | Early Edo Period（around Kanei 1624-1644） |
| Length |
45.6 cm 18.0 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
1.4 cm 0.6 in |
| Motohaba |
3.3 cm 1.3 in |
| Sakihaba |
2.5 cm 1.0 in |
| Munekasane |
0.6 cm 0.3 in |
| Status | Tokubetsu Hozon Token |
| Certification Date | April 25, 2012 |
| Registration Authority | Tokyo |
| Registration Date | June 04, 1970 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | The jihada is a tightly forged itame mixed with mokume, with yubashiri, ji-nie, and chikei |
| Hamon (Temper line) | The hamon is a shallow notare mixed with large, varied gunome. Toward the monouchi, the yakiba becomes higher, with a thick nioiguchi and fine ko-nie |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | The bōshi is deeply tempered with abundant nie, forming a ko-maru with a long kaeri |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, Ō-sujikai Yasurime, Shallow Kurijiri |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 1 |
| Habaki | Silver-base Gold-gilt Habaki with Horizontal Yasurime |
Price |
1,000,000 JPY |
| Izumi no Kami Kunisada (First Generation) was one of the principal founders of the flourishing Osaka Shintō tradition. He is ranked Jōjō-saku (Superior Supreme-grade) and Ō-wazamono (Supreme Sharpness Grade). He was born in Obi, Hyūga Province, in Tenshō 18 (1590). He later traveled to Kyoto to study under Horikawa Kunihiro of the same province and is said to have trained under Kunitomo, the distinguished senior disciple of the Horikawa school. After Kunihiro's death in Keichō 19 (1614), when Kunisada was twenty-five years old, he moved to Osaka together with Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke (the First Generation, also known as Oya-Kunisuke), a fellow disciple of the Horikawa school. In Genna 9 (1623), he was granted the honorary title of Izumi no Kami. He died in Keian 5 (1652) at the age of sixty-three. Because his son, Inoue Shinkai, also signed his early works "Kunisada," the first generation is commonly referred to as "Oya-Kunisada" (Parent Kunisada), while the second generation is known as "Shinkai Kunisada." Judging from the style of the signature, this wakizashi is considered to have been made around Kan'ei 6–7 (1629–1630), when Oya-Kunisada was about forty years old. The sayagaki is dated Heisei Mizunoe-Tatsu (2012) and signed by Osendō Hōetsu (kaō), whose identity is unknown. This is an excellent representative work by Oya-Kunisada. It passed the NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token shinsa in 2012. |
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