Hayashi Shigemitsu

[raiden]

Rare set of certified Fuchi Kashira by Hayashi Shigemitsu. Most excellent in their make, the iron is gorgeous, and the inlay is well done and intact. It is rare to see a set of Shigemitsu Fuch Kashira, but in hand, one can see the high quality that is expected of this maker.

[raiden]

On the tetsugendo.com facebook page we just posted a ultra large and rare Heianjo tsuba with no hitsu. The Shigemitsu set will appear on there as well.

[Brian]

Just look at the iron patina on that set

Would be a great exercise to pair those up with a suitable tsuba.

Thanks for sharing Mike.

 

Brian

[Pete Klein]

I wouldn't mind having those myself!

[Kevin Adams]

Now that's some fine nunome-zogan.

[Soshin]

Hi Everyone.,

 

Mike Y. thanks for posting them! The kin nunome-zogan is nice but it is more important to look at the iron base of the fuchi-gashira set as there and a fair number of schools and individuals that could have produced such high quality gold inlays. The iron patina is called "yokan" in Japanese is characteristic of the Hayashi and Kamiyoshi Higo schools. I know Mike Y. knows this as he is the one who told me but I wanted to point it out to other people. Here is a tsuba in my collection from the Kamiyoshi Higo Tsuba displaying a similar but not identical "yokan" patina. The later Kamiyoshi Higo school tried their best to replicate the color of Hayashi Higo school had but their efforts often produced a some what more reddish/purple color patina as seen in the example below.

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles