SHINTO SATSUMA APPRAISAL GROUP: ECHIZEN - MUSASHI
SHINTO
SATSUMA
was influenced from
KEI-CHO 1596 in the
SOSHU
style by UJIFUSA. The SOSHU
style hibernated here
through SHINTO to
provide its gifts to
SUISHINSHI MASAHIDE and
through him, to the great
smiths of the SHIN-SHINTO.
SUGATA - KATANA. Shallow
TORII having wide,
thick blades. Strongly made
KISSAKI,
or O-KISSAKI.
HADA - Fine KO-MOKUME,
ITAME, even NASHIJI-like.
"Potato-skin" IMOZU HADA is
an accurate
description of a famed
surface condition.
CHIKEI IMOZURU "SATSUMA
Potato Vines".
ARA JI-NIE is a school mark.
HAMON - HIRO-SUGUHA,
O-MIDARE, NOTARE,
NOTARE-TOGARI MIDARE,
O-NOTARE MIDARE
in NIE and NIOI. ARA-NIE
(coarse NIE).
SUNAGASHI and KINSUJI.
BOSHI - Usually close to the
HA. HAKIKAKE
with short turnback.
NAKAGO - SUJIKAI YASURI and
often
long signatures.
UJIFUSA
KEI-CHO 1596
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UJIFUSA MASAFUSA
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MASAFUSA
YASUYUKI
YASUSADA
OKU TADAKIYO
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YASUYO
MASAFUSA
HIDEOKI
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YASUARI
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MASAKIYO
KUNIHIRA MOTOSADA
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MASACHIKA
MOTONAO
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MOTOYASU
MOTOTAKE MOTOHIRA
KAN-SEI 1789
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(see SAIKAIDO The
Eight Roads - SHINTO)
MOTOHIRA
MOTOOKI
for SHIN-SHINTO
SATSUMA
lineage
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MOTOHIRA
Some of the finer
pieces may look SOSHU,
but NIE and JI-NIE is rough,
or coarse, and
the blades are not old.
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Masakiyo
Nagasa: 2 Shaku 4 Sun 6 Bu
(74.69cm)
Moto-Haba: 1 Sun 1 Bu
(3.33cm)
Nakago: 7 Sun 4 Bu (22.42cm)
Tokyo National
Muzseum
Shinogi-Tsukuri,
Ihori-Mune, shallow
Sori and Chu-Kissaki.
Bo-Hi both sides.
Itame Masame mix with
Ji-Nie and Chikei.
Notare Gunome with
Ko-Gunome-Midare mix
with Ashi and
Sunagashi with
Ara-Nie.
Midare-Komi Boshi with
Ko-maru and Hakikake.
Ubu Kurijiri Nakago
has two Mekugi-ana.
Kiyomitsu
(Hitotsu Aoi
Mon) Mondo-no-Sho
Fujiwara Masakiyo Saimei
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