Jo-saku
Chikuzen Nobukuni Yoshisada                   Chikuzen Nobukuni School Founder
                                in Original Edo Koshirae  ~Fabulous Sword~		 $25k

JIDAI  KOSHIRAE of Fuchi-Gashira and Kojiri with Gold and Silver Kiku-Mon inlay, Mon Menuki. 
        The best, true Samurai Blue-leather Ito binding.


Crushed Green Abalone sparkles from its black lacquer SAYA




EDO HIGO KUMAGI TSUBA
Teachers of KANSHIRO from the 3rd generation

    MATSU-TSUKI Pine under Dark Moon ...in gold NUNOME
    Pictured with its TORIGOYA HAKO-GAKI

NOBUKUNIYOSHISADA
           Founder of  Shinto Chikuzen Nobukuni
NAGASA: 69cm
NAKAGO: 18.5cm

Full length BO-HI resolves in MARUDOME.

A wide, full CHU-SUGU KO-MIDARE BA of fine KO-NIE in a defined NIOI HAMON - sits over a bright and well knit ITAME HADA.

BOSHI is a deep SAGARI KO-MARU.

A smooth, UBU NAKAGO falls to a KURI "Chestnut" JIRI, and signed:

    NOBUKUNI MINAMOTO YOSHISADA

Fine Gold-covered double HABAKI and gold-covered SEPPA. A superior and original Samurai sword.

Listed TokuTaikan pg 729-730
Fujishiro Shinto-Hen pg 89.  JO-SAKU
 

Chikuzen Nobukuni History:
On instruction of Emperor GoDai-Go, Kusunoki Masashige restored the throne. The Hojo capitol, at Kamakura burned in 1333. 
Seizing the moment, however, his general, Ashikaga Takauji rebelled and was beaten back to the Southern Island of Kyushu where the Hosokawa, Shiba and Otomo joined his cause. (Read Godaigo  History)
The Otomo fought the Imperial support of southern landholders, the Kikuchi  (same southern name given to a certain Yari style) and took control of five Kyushu provinces. 
Takauji and his allies won Kyoto and resided there, holding govermental power for the new Ashikaga Shogunate. 
Kyoto has conservative Rai sword school and the Otomo invited Rai and Nobukuni school stylists to their home terriotories. 
YOSHISADA brings RYOKAI School, and NOBUKUNI school master, SADAMITSU brings NOBUKUNI / RAI styles to KYUSHU.
         ~ RYOKAI School ~                                                    ~NOBUKUNI School ~
_____________________________________ 
YAMASHIRO HISANOBU / Ryokai(2) School 
                           |___________________________
    __________|_______                                          __|__________________________
   KYOTO YOSHISADA (1) RYAKU-O 1338        NOBUHISA - name to NOBUKUNI(1) KEM-MU 1334
   ___________|______                                           __|________
  KYOTO YOSHISADA(2) O-AN 1368                   NOBUKUNI(2) EN-BUN 1356    "Three Students"
comes to KYUSHU - "TSUKUSHI RYOKAI"      __|________                                      SADAMUNE
                                                                                      NOBUKUNI(3) SHI-TOKU 1384
                                              ___________________| 
                               ______|____                              __|_________ 
                        SADAMITSU KO-O 1389        NOBUMITSU / NOBUKUNI(4) O-EI 1394 
                         to BUNGO and BUZEN
                         becoming NOBUKUNI (later signed) EI-KYO 1429
Chikuzen Nobukuni is a long line extending from these from Koto times. The Sengoku labored all sword schools until the Momoyama of robust unification breathed new life into the arts and styles of all of Japan. The young masters coming from Ten-sho, such as Horikawa Kunihiro, traveling to Kyoto, would create a new world of strong new styles. 

The "Shinto" sword-period grew directly from Hideyoshi's Momoyama Unification. 

CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI YOSHHISADA forged his strong, robust Momoyama KYUSHU with the classic Chikuzen Nobukuni tradition to create the Shinto Chikuzen Nobukuni.
 See Chikuzen Nobukuni School History
          This Piece is what Collecting is really About
Fujishiro, page 89
Fujishiro:
Kei-cho period (1596) - Chikuzen
Jo-saku		 TokoTaikan:
Gen-wa period (1615) - Chikuzen
450 Man Yen
Founding smith of the Chikuzen Nobukuni. 

Father of Yoshimasa and Yoshitsugu. 
First signed his normal name: Yoshisada (Sada character: Tei "deciding"). 
Personal name: Sukezaemon. 

Yoshisada went into the service of Lord Kuroda Nagamasa in Kei-cho 7, 1602. 

Kuroda Nagamasa
Son of Kuroda Yoshitaka, Nagamasa was born 1568 and died 1623. Oda Nobunaga gave him to the care of Hideyoshi at age 10.
He served in  the Kyushu Campaign and in Korea. 

He went with Iyeyasu at Sekigahara, 1600. 

He had been Lord in Buzen with 120,000 Koku but following Sekigahara was given Najima in Chikuzen at 520,000 Koku. A major Daimyo, he built the castle at Chikuzen and called it Fukuoka. 

Nagamasa fought under Tokugawa Hidetada (Iyeyasu's son) at Osaka, ending the Toyotomi House and claim.


Yoshisada was Nagamasa's main sword smith, who melded Nobukuni style with the new Momoyama Kyushu power to found the Shinto Chikuzen Nobukuni School.

Yoshisada died Kan-ei 17 (1640), 9th month.
Toko-Taikan pages 729 - 730 Nihonto Jiten, page 245

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