
AOI SHIMOSAKA:
AOI SHIMOSAKA made
KO-MOKUME.
SUGU-KUZURE HA, SUGU-KUICHIGAI,
NOTARE-MIDARE, HAKO-MIDARE, but
TOKUGAWA AOI MON
their distinctive HAMON
is regularly
"Hollyhock"
spaced ASAKI-NOTARE
undulations.
YASUTSUGU KEI-CHO
1596
Famous HORIMONO. Carver: KINAI
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KEI-AN YASUSADA:
MOKUME. Can be KO-MOKUME.
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1648 CHU-SUGU KUZURE,
O-NOTARE MIDARE,
YASUTSUGU YASUSADA
and HAKO-MIDARE. NIOI
KUZURE with
(MUSASHI) (YAMATO no
KAMI)
KO-NIE and ASHI. Some deep
KAERI.
(ECHIZEN)
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YASUTSUGU
YASUSADA KUNIMASA
YASUTOSHI YASUNAGA YASUTOMO
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YASUTOMO
YASUTSUGU TSUGUHIRA
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YASUTSUGU TSUGUHIRA
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YASUTSUGU
TSUGUHIRA
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TSUGUHIRA
TSUGUHIDE
YASUTSUGU KEI-CHO (f: HIRONAGA):
ICHIGOUEMON. YASUTSUGU is SHIMOSAKA from
ECHIZEN. He received "Yasu" from Tokugawa
Iyeyasu and became Yasutsugu.
From Oshu Shiga
Kori Nishizaka Hon. Son of Akasaka Senjuin
Hironaga. Received title Higo Daijo in mid
Bun-Roku time. Moved to Echizen in Keicho
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This
is the time of the three Higo
Daijo smiths of Echizen, Kanenori,
Sadakuni and Yasutsugu. It appears
that one man received the Higo daijo
for the group. These three formed a
decided Shinto Echizen style. See
Echizen.
They
came together at Fukui in Echizen
under the patronage of Honda
Narishige. Yuki Hideyasu, Iyeyasu's
son and young Matsudaira Lord of
Echizen gave assistance to institute
the Higo Daijo group in making swords
there with 40 Koku.
In
Keicho 12, 1607, the year Hideyasu
died at 33, Tokugawa Iyeyasu Shunfu
Mishida, summoned his son's loved
sword-maker, Shimosaka and awarded him
his own "Yasu" character, them same
character shared by his departed son,
Hideyasu, for Shimosaka's
Goyo
honorary. Also awarded the Tokugawa
Aoi Mon. He was then-after obliged to
attend the Bakufu every other year and
was therefore traveling back and forth
between Echizen and Edo, making
swords. Yasutsugu died at 68 years,
Genwa Shichinen, Ku Gatsu Kyu Hi 1621,
9th month, 9th day.
Made
long swords, Wakizashi Dambira, Tanto,
Shinogi-Tsukuri Katakiriba-Tsukuri.
Sometimes Unokubi and Shobu-Tsukuri.
Ko-Itame Hada with Mokume having
Ji-Nie. Masame finds the Mune or
Shinogi-Ji; and steel color is dark.
Hamons
are Asaki-Notare of Gunome with
Ko-Ashi. The famous style mark is
Gunome-Mdare Ba, Notare-Midare of
high-reaching, Daibo figures. His
generally Suguha Hamon will have
Ko-Nie, where his exuberant O-Midare
Ba will show Ara-Nie in places and
forming strings in the Monouchi.
Boshi
can show Togari with Hakikake and Nie
Kuzure of Kaen Boshi with Ko-Maru.
ECHIZEN YASUTSUGU
HIGO DAI JO ECHIZEN
YASUTSUGU
OITE BUSHU EDO ECHIZEN
SHIMOSAKA
HIGO DAIJO FUJIWARA
ECHIZEN YASUTSUGU
HIGO DAIJO FUJIWARA
SHIMOSAKA - ECHIZEN JU
MOTTE NAMBAN TETSU OITE
BUSHU EDO ECHIZEN YASUTSUGU
YASUTSUGU(2) KAN-EI: SHIMOSAKA
ICHINOSUKE. KANDA KONYA-MACHI JU. In
his later years he used NYUDO after
taking his Priest name: KOECHI. On
Shogunate orders,
GENWA
KUNEN 1623, after the death of
YASUTSUGU(1), he moved permanently to
EDO.
His
work period is between KANEI GONEN
1628 to SHOHO NINEN 1645. He
passes on SHOHO SANNEN, 2nd Month,
25th Day, 1646. His work follows the
YASUTSTUGU style but more refined.
Things seem more defined or more
delicate. NIE in first generation is
often ARA-NIE. NIE in ICHINOSUKE can
be KO-NIE.
BOSHI
is SUGU KO-MARU.
Famous
signature point: First generation uses
a MARU stroke in his TSUGU, where
second generation uses a KAKU squared
TSUGU. First generation did not use
SAKU KORE.
ECHIZEN YASUTSUGU
ECHIZEN-no-KUNI YASUTSUGU
OITE BUSHU EDO ECHIZEN
YASUTSUGU
YASUTSUGU NYUDO OITE
BUSHU EDO SAKU KORE
ECHIZEN YASUTSUGU MOTEE
NAMBAN TETSUOITE BUSHU EDO SAKU KORE
YASUTSUGU(3) KAN-BUN (f: YASUTSUGU(2):
SHIMOSAKA UMASUKE. On the death of
his
father, YASUTSUGU(2), there ensued
quarrels of succesion with
YASUTSUGU(1)'s other son, the
third brother, SHIROUEMON
YASUTSUGU. From this point, a
YASUTSUGU branch started with
SHIROUEMON in ECHIZEN. The EDO branch
continued with UMASUKE. See
ECHIZEN.
UMASUKE
work period from KANBUN SANEN 1663 to
ENPO SANEN 1675. Swords appear in the
style of the 2nd.
YASUTSUGU MOTTE NAMBAN
TETSU OITE BUSHU EDO SAKU KORE
KANETANE(2) KAN-EI (f: ECHIZEN
KANETANE): Moves to EDO, making SUGUHA
and GUNOME-MIDARE BA. WZAMONO.
BUSHU JU KANETANE
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Yasutsugu Dambira
Nagasa: 1 Shaku 1 Sun
3 Bu 8 Rin (34.5cm)
Tokyo
National Museum
Work
of the second
Yasutsugu.
Hira-Tsukuri,
wide blade with
shallow Sori.
Omote: Bishamon Fudo and another Bishamon
Ura: Kurikara
grasps
Suken and
Vajra
Very fine and
knit Ko-Itame
Hada with Ji-Nie
Notare has Soshu
style O-Midare
Ba of Gunome
Kuzure where
Sunagashi and
Kinsuji strafe
at figures.
Saagari Ko-Maru
Boshi with long
Kaeri.
Ubu Yamagata
Nakago has two
Mekugi-ana.
Motte
Namban Tetsu
Bushu Edo
Echizen
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