HIZEN - SHINTO
APPRAISAL GROUP:
ECHIZEN - MUSASHI
One of the
five greatest SHINTO smiths
was HIZEN TADAYOSHI.
The HIZEN style stands
out and is easily
recognized. Elegant
SHINTO SUGATA, strong-grain
gray steel, CHU-SUGUHA in
NIE, and ŤHIZEN NAKAGO.
SUGATA - SHINTO SUGATA. Always well
shaped
with a certain refined strength
or
broadness to the blade.
HADA - Tight, pronounced KO-MOKUME
JI-HADA. Some
O-MOKUME in early pieces.
Medium-light
blue-gray to light gray-blackish
steel.
Thin skinned. Dark core-patches may
be seen.
There will be JI-NIE.
HAMON - HIRO or CHU-SUGUHA in
well-formed and fine
KO-NIE. There were NOTARE O-GUNOME,
O-MIDARE
GUNOME, and CHOJI-MIDARE patterns
but the
HIRO or CHU-SUGUHA is a school mark.
SUNAGASHI and ASHI. KINSUJI and
INAZUMA.
BOSHI - SUGU with MARU KAERI. An
even width of YAKIBA.
Often swords with an active HAMON
will have
the activity repeated in the BOSHI
with a
TOGARI and medium turnback. Some
HAKIKAKE.
NAKAGO - Long, with a graceful
appearance.
Like the blades, a certain fullness
to the planes. The shape is not
stark or imposing. JIRI is either
KENGYO or KURI with YASURI in the
main smith lines being a YOKO or
a particular KATEAGARI.
Both HAMON and JI-HADA will
be uniform and well-executed.
HIZEN Tree
- SHINTO and SHIN-SHINTO
TADAYOSHI - YAMASHIRO -
MUNENAGA
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TADAKUNI KANEHIRO
YOSHINAGA
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TADANAGA
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TADAYOSHI (1)
TADAYOSHI
MASAHIRO
First made MIDARE.
Mid-period:
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refined
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the style
to SUGU or stronger
TADAYOSHI
YOSHIKANE
KO-MIDARE with ASHI and HOTSURE |
TADAYOSHI(1) KEICHO (f: NAGASE HASHIMOTO MICHIHIRO): HASHIMOTO SHINZAEMON. SAGA JU NAGASE School. Under NABESHIMA NAOSHIGE, DAIMYO of HIZEN. Studied under UMETADA MYOJU from the beginning of the KEICHO. He returned to HIZEN in 1598 to work at the Castle in SAGA. He received MUSASHI DAIJO in GENWA JUNEN, 1624. TADAYOSHI died on KANEI KUNEN HACHI GATSU JUGO, 1632, 8TH month, 15th day, age, 61. Beginning work will be standing HADA with HAMON in AOI style, NAGAYOSHI style or SHIZU style and can be mistaken for such old style works. By KEICHO JUNIN 1605, we see the HIZENTO style emerge with KO-NUKA rice-bran HADA AND KO-NIE DEKI CHU-SUGUHA HAMON. Also, of course, NOTARE and GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA, all settled into a HIZEN arch-type. He sought and attained a perfection and grace in the conservative SUGUHA. His HAMON may have a gentle or subtle ASAKI-NOTARE undulation. HABUCHI can be KUICHIGAI HATARAKI and NIJUBA. His NOTARE may seem set in groups of four or five. HAMON will show a strength or emphasis to upper. Simple signatures will tend to be early.
TADAYOSHI HI TADAYOSHI HIZENnoKUNI TADAYOSHI HIZENnoKUNI JU TADAYOSHI HIZENnoKUNI JUNIN TADAYOSHI
HIZENnoKUNI JUNIN MINAMOTO TADAYOSHI HISHU JU TADAYOSHI KORE UMETADA MYOJU DESHI HIZENnoKUNI HASHIMOTO SHINZAEMONnoJO TADAYOSHI SAKU HIZENnoKUNI SAGA JU HASHIMOTO SHINZAEMONnoJO TADAYOSHI SAKU HIZENnoKUNI FUJIWARA TADAHIRO MUSASHI DAIJO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO HIZENnoKUNI JU MUSASHI DAIJO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO
See Tadayoshi
TADAHIRO(2) His father, TADAYOSHI(1) was 52 at the birth of his son in 1613. SHODAI TADAYOSHI is called the first TADAHIRO, taking that MEI when his son was just 10, right at the beginning of KAN-EI 1624. 9 years later, the son inherits with the death of his father, HASHIMOTO SHINZAEMON, then signing, “MUSASHI DAIJO TADAHIRO”, who has been signing as both, 1st TADAYOSHI and 1st TADAHIRO. His 19 year old son, and therefore 2nd generation TADAYOSHI, took the late signature, TADAHIRO and is known as the 2nd generation of this HIZEN TADAYOSHI line. He is the 2nd TADAHIRO and has weathered the flood of confusion from having been labeled the 1st and 2nd true TADAHIRO and 2nd TADAYOSHI, all true!
HIROSHIGE KAN-EI (t: TADAYOSHI): SABANOSUKE. Made KO-NIE DEKI GUNOME CHOJI-MIDARE BA. HIZEN-no-KUNI HIROSHIGE HIZEN-no-KUNI JU HIROSHIGE
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