Harumitsu - 19Thc

[Red Sun]

Hello all,

 

I joined a week or so ago and have found a lot of threads very informative and enjoyable (Particularly the Bizen morning thread, nice touch!) I am based in the UK and have about a dozen swords in my collection, but consider myself still a novice in terms of knowledge.

 

I am unlikely to be a prolific poster (not my manner) but by way of introduction I am asking if anybody has any information on a swordsmith named Harumitsu. As far as I know he was only active for a short time (Bunkyo Era), I presume his career was cut short by the sword ban.

As much as the swords I like to learn about the maker and can find little about this man. 

If anybody else has a sword by this maker and can share pics or be willing to sell i would be very interested.

 

Regards

 

Red

 

Neil M.

 

[DirkO]

Hi Neil and welcome!

There were several swordsmiths with that name - here's an extract from Markus Sesko's book:

 

 

[Red Sun]

Thats great thanks -- I had trouble finding anything other than the earlier more well known smiths, but student of Mito Sukemitsu makes sense to me and gives me a much better starting point.  Thanks.

I will have to check out that book as well.

 

Red

Neil M.

[DirkO]

Markus Sesko is a translator and he did tremendous work for our collecting field:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?keyWords=markus+sesko&type=

[Red Sun]

Thanks for putting me on to his books - I now have Koto-Kantei winging its way to me