| Product No. KA-0683 作陽幕下士細川正義（刻印） 行年七十有余才 | |
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| Mei |
Sakuyo Bakkashi Hosokawa Masayoshi（with Kokuin） At the age of over 70 years Back: Well forged an Auspicious Day in February 1855, the 2nd year of Ansei, Rabbit Year |
| Shape | Shinogizukuri Iorimune |
| Region | Edo, Musashi Province |
| Era | Bakumatsu Period |
| Length |
71.2 cm 28.0 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
1.1 cm 0.4 in |
| Motohaba |
3.3 cm 1.3 in |
| Sakihaba |
2.3 cm 0.9 in |
| Munekasane |
0.9 cm 0.3 in |
| Status | Tokubetsu Hozon Token |
| Certification Date | April 03, 1991 |
| Registration Authority | Okayama Prefecture |
| Registration Date | December 08, 1989 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Itame with mokume as well as jinie |
| Hamon (Temper line) | Gunome-choji midare with ashi spread apart |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Midare komaru turn |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, unique Sujikai with kesho and a shallow kurijiri |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 2 |
| Habaki | Two part, copper base gold foil with file habaki |
Price |
2,000,000 JPY |
| Hosokawa Masayoshi[細川正義] is a master swordsmith same as Shoji Taikei Naotane[庄司大慶直胤] as the representative disciple of the master Suishinshi Masahide[水心子正秀] during the Shin-shinto period. He was born in Kanuma, Shimotsuke Province in 1786 as the eldest son of Ryosuke Masayoshi (the first). He learned the sword smithing from his father at an early age, and began making swords at the age of 16. In 1805, he studied under Suishinshi Masahide with his father, and mastered the Soshu-den and Bizen-den tradition. His first signature was "Masakata[正方]", and later "Morihide[守秀]". In 1813, he moved to Edo. In 1817, he became the retainer of Matsudaira Echizen-no-kami of Tsuyama Domain in Mimasaka Province. In 1819, he changed his signature from Morihide to Masayoshi, and succeeded Masayoshi (the second). In 1841, at the age of 56, he was ordered by the domain to move to the daimyo's suburban residence of the Tsuyama Domain in Fukagawa, Edo. He died at the age of 73 in 1858. This work was made at the age of over 70, a characteristic katana from his later years. It has passed the Tokubetsu Hozon shinsa in 1991. |
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