Jorgensen Posted January 10, 2010 Report Posted January 10, 2010 Hi guys, I have two swords from this bladesmith Omote/Mutsu no kami fujiwara Nobusada - Ura/Echizen ju (Shimosaka) (1673-1681) and just want to know if anybody else are familiar with this smith, have some of his works or some additional info on the guy. He's not a very high ranked smith, but the two swords that I have now I have got one of them 17 years before the other, so would be fun to see what else exist. Tokka.biz have sold one of his katanas I remember... Hope for little feedback on this thread 1 Quote
Eric H Posted January 12, 2010 Report Posted January 12, 2010 Unfortunately there are no pictures available and most likely you have already the information given by Hawley. Eric Quote
mdiddy Posted January 12, 2010 Report Posted January 12, 2010 I have seen a wakizashi by this smith. Nice mimigata hamon. Belongs to fellow board member Mark Green. PM him and he may have add'l info/pics. Quote
Eric H Posted January 12, 2010 Report Posted January 12, 2010 Nice mimigata hamon Do you think on this kind of hamon ? Eric Quote
Mark Green Posted January 12, 2010 Report Posted January 12, 2010 Hi Jorgenson, Yes, as Matt said I have a very nice long wakizashi by this smith. Wonderful shape, and hamon. I lost most of the good pics of it in a crash. But I will look for what I have. I would love to see your swords too. PM me. Quote
Jorgensen Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Posted January 12, 2010 Hi Mark, Good memory of Matt! Funny, because both of mine are wakizashi's too and one of the actually is also a long wak., both with nice shape as well. One of them is i fine polish but the other one is very "tired" in polish, almost no hamon at all. Both are in koshirae. I also lost a lot of pictures in a crash (you love windows too?), but I will shoot some new in the weekend and post them here. I appreciate the pics you posted, for some reason I like the Nobusada blades. //Jimi Quote
Ludolf Richter Posted January 13, 2010 Report Posted January 13, 2010 Hi,I found a pic of Nidai Nobusada (NOB 425),where the sword was made by him and Nidai Tsuguhiro (TSU 182) together.The Mei reads: (1) Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro (2) Mutsu no Kami Fujiwara Nobusada Dated on a lucky day of August 1690 Above the Mei there is a mysterious inscription:Senjuin juichi-dai,meaning 11th generation (may be Shimosaka group,because both are 2nd generation?).Source:REI-magazine January Showa 61.Ludolf Quote
mdiddy Posted January 14, 2010 Report Posted January 14, 2010 I ran across this too: http://www.js-musashi.com/shop.cgi?sno=1010009&pk=s Quote
stephan_hiller Posted January 14, 2010 Report Posted January 14, 2010 Hi, about a year ago I bought a Nobusada with NBTHK Hozon papers from a Japanese dealer (on ebay). Nobusada is a not very well known smiths from the Shimosaka Yasutsugu School but I liked the hamon and sugata of the blade. The blade is very strong/healthy and in quite good condition, although it is an old polish. nagasa: 54,6 cm Sori: 1,0 cm Kitae(Jihada): Itame Hamon: Gunome-Midare Boshi: Komaru Kissaki: Chu kissaki Activity: Nie-deki, Kinsuji, Sunagashi, Utsuri, Chikei Nakago: Ubu Nagako length: 14,5 cm Yasuri-mei: Sujikai/Katte-Sagari Mei: Omote: MUTSU NO KAMI FUJIWARA NOBUSADA (奥之守藤原宣貞) Ura: ECHIZEN JU (越前住) Period: Edo period; Nobusada 1673 – 1688, Enpo (1673-1681) I have gathered quite some information about the Yasutsugu school - so if you are interested please send me a PM. I have added some pictures of my blade but I have some more - so if you are intersted just let me know. Stephan Quote
Mark Green Posted January 14, 2010 Report Posted January 14, 2010 Very nice Stephan! Thanks for sharing. Mark Quote
Rog Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 ]Just came across this message post. I too have a Wakizashi - signed: Ise no kami Fujiwara Nobusada. Still trying different techniques to get quality photographs of the blade. finally got the photo's up - phewwww..... anyone wishing to see my photo's in person just send me an email Quote
Marius Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Hi, about a year ago I bought a Nobusada with NBTHK Hozon papers from a Japanese dealer (on ebay). Nobusada is a not very well known smiths from the Shimosaka Yasutsugu School but I liked the hamon and sugata of the blade. Hi Stephan, I have bought a Shimosaka Yasutsugu School wakizashi with NBTHK hozon from the same dealer :-) Very substantial and heavy blade. Nagasa 43.1cm Sori 1.1cm Motohaba 29.4mm Motokasane 7.0mm The unokubi zukuri shape makes it look like a naginata-naoshi, but it is an ubu blade. Attached are some pics. 1 Quote
stephan_hiller Posted February 23, 2010 Report Posted February 23, 2010 Hi Mariusz, Thanks for the pictures. The Wakizashi is in fact very nice and in a good shape. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. Regards, Stephan Quote
WilliamCardin Posted February 25, 2022 Report Posted February 25, 2022 On 1/10/2010 at 5:04 AM, Jorgensen said: Hi guys, I have two swords from this bladesmith Omote/Mutsu no kami fujiwara Nobusada - Ura/Echizen ju (Shimosaka) (1673-1681) and just want to know if anybody else are familiar with this smith, have some of his works or some additional info on the guy. He's not a very high ranked smith, but the two swords that I have now I have got one of them 17 years before the other, so would be fun to see what else exist. Tokka.biz have sold one of his katanas I remember... Hope for little feedback on this thread I also own a Nobusada and would love to compare some pictures and notes. Please find me on Facebook messenger. William Cardin. 🙂👍🏻 Quote
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