Isocyanide Posted October 1, 2015 Report Posted October 1, 2015 Well almost. I feel honored to have upped my Hizen Tadayoshi to two with the addition of another Nidai Tadahiro dai-saku mei. This piece is an amazing, flawless work by the Sandai Tadayoshi who's diagnostic, deep katte-agari yasurime is quite evident. I picked the sword up from the Aoi-art auction, and Tsuruta-san said this is one the best works he's seen from the Nidai. I was the lone bidder on the auction, the sword was going to go to a Japanese collector if no one bid, so I feel very lucky. Tsuruta-san even sent a handwritten letter to me thanking me and also asking me to take very good care of this special sword, which I told him I absolutely would do. So I say almost perfect, because a flaw with the nakago. The munemachi side of the nakago is shaved down slightly. This changes the profile of the nakago-jiri. So it's not 100% ubu. If someone has an explanation why someone would do this I'd like to hear. This sword is a beast! Very thick, 3.3 cm at the hamachi, 2.5 at the kissaki, very powerful sugata, nice longish chu-kissaki. The jihada is absolutely gorgeous konuka hada, as one would expect from the Sandai. The jinie appear larger than my other wakizashi and I'm having a lot of fun comparing the two. This sword shows absolutely no shingane, which is notorious with this school. I'm really enjoying the chu-suguha hamon of this sword. The nioguchi is very thick and nice looking. From the slanted vertical stroke in Tada, I would date the sword to 1674 or shortly there after, definitely post 1672. I'm using one shot from Tsuruta-san for the full length shot, I need to set up my wife's office to get anything decent with my lens. 2 Quote
Ray Singer Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Very beautiful, thank you for sharing. I likewise have a sandai dai-saku dai-mei which is of the same large proportions. He made a very beautiful jigane. Best regards, Ray 2 Quote
Greg F Posted October 2, 2015 Report Posted October 2, 2015 Wow very nice Steve! Looks like a beast! The hada is really something to enjoy. Thanks. Greg Quote
Isocyanide Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Posted October 4, 2015 Thanks gentlemen. Hopefully I can share this sword with some folks in person. If anyone is ever in the NYC area let me know! Photos look better on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/46661974@N06/21225965714/in/dateposted-public/ Nice Ray! If you don't mind, could you send me a picture of the mei? I'm always looking to expand my knowledge on Hizen Tadayoshi. 1 Quote
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