Masahiro ikuna katana6/26/2023 We know this because it was at that time that he changed his signature to Hizen-no-kuni Kawachi-no-kami Fujiwara Masahiro as this sword is signed. The sword we are offering here is a fine example of his work after his father passed away in 1665. In the following year when he became Musashi-no-kami, be signed his name as HIZEN-no-KUNI MUSASHI-no-KAMI FUJIWARA MASANAGA (肥前国武藏守藤原正永). MEI: When Nidai Masahiro was given the Musashi-daijô title in the third year of Manji (1660, he inscribed his name as HIZEN -no-JÛ MUSASHI-DAIJÔ FUJIWARA MASANAGA (肥前住武藏大掾藤原正永). The yasurimei are either ô-sujikai or sujikai. NAKAGO: The shape of the nakago is iriyama-gata more swollen at the bottom than Shodai’s. Most of them have either a fairly long or a very long kaeri. Usually suguha works have a better and uniform quality.īÔSHI: His bôshi, like other Hizen-tô smiths, in general is ko-maru smoothly curving along the fukura. Other types of midareba include basic gunome mixed with chôji and ko-notare as well as long ashi, gunome-midare with regular formed heads, choji type midare with long ashi and plain and simple notare. Some of Musashi-no-kami mei blades are made in the Shizu utsushi style (copies of Shizu blades) midareba just as in Shodai Tadahiro’s works. HAMON: The hamon often featuring midare-ba is similar to the Shodai’s, but he also produced suguha. The simple grain formation is neat yet less powerful compared to the Shodai’s. KITAE: His grain structure will be a tight ko-itame hada with fine and dense ji-nie. As a whole, his blade structure has a sturdy appearance. Sori is sometimes more pronounced that the works of the Shodai. Most of the katana he produced are wide and thick. Generally speaking, the Nidai’s blade structure is less diversified compared to the Shodai’s. He produced very few hira-zukuri wakizashi, tantô, and naginata. SUGATA: Shinogi-zukuri katana number the most among his works. The general style of his workmanship is as follows: The Nidai Masahiro died on August 6 th in the thirteenth year of Genroku (1700) at the age of 73. For that reason we have seen no work bearing the Musashi-no-kami Fujiwara Masahiro (武蔵守藤原正広) mei. It is very possible the time of the Nidai’s succeeding the Masahiro mei took place soon after the Shodai’s death. However, probably because he was too busy running the Shodai’s funeral, and celebrating the promotion, etc, to engage in sword production. In that same year, on April 13 th, he became Kawachi-no-kami (河内守). On February 5 th of the fifth year of Kanbun (1665) when he was 39 years of age, his father the first generation Masahiro passed away. In the third year of Manji (1660) on October 19th, he received the title of Musashi-daijô (武蔵大掾) and on February 28 th of the first year of Kanbun (1661), he was promoted to Musashi-no-kami Masahiro (武蔵守正広). He was first called Sadenji and he used the name of Masanaga (正永) when he started making swords. Nidai Kawachi-no-Kami Masahiro was born in the fourth year of Kan’ei (1627) when his father was 21 years old.
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