Chounsai TsunaToshi 1st generation Wakizashi

[Tengu1957]

Dated 1839 , also a Tamashigiri dated 1839 by Yamada Asemon Gosaburo YoshiToshi. Hozon paper. TaiTai through the chest with one stroke into the Dotan at Denma execution grounds. Yoshitoshi was the head of the Yamada family and was also the Bakufus official sword inspector , the only non Honami to ever hold the job.

[christianmalterre]

Yes! known.

This Executioner´s blade did belong to the Kyoto Lineage of the Yagyu....( here it´s Kyo Lineage)...

Those were most part belonging to such stuff in 1820´th around.....

 

40 years active around....( in sum...with all its "Tuttolage" spreading around...)

 

 

( to get a Hozon is more or less a Nonsense dream! as this will most probably not exist for such, yet! for this kind of stuff,)

( it may but rsult! Laugh!.....depending who does submit...)

 

that´s the way...

 

( they just do not like it....)

 

 

Christian

[Tengu1957]

[Austus]

Another historically important beauty.  What a collection... Thanks for sharing.

 

Could I ask how long this sword is?

[SteveM]

1 Shaku, 5 Sun, 5 Bu according to the authentication paper. 

 

Something like 46.82 centimeters?

[BIG]

Nice shinshinto swords Gary, thanks for sharing..

 

Best

[Ken-Hawaii]

What's interesting is that I didn't think anyone was still doing body tameshigiri that late.

[Wim V]

What's interesting is that I didn't think anyone was still doing body tameshigiri that late.

 

Apparently it still happened in the second part of the 19th century.  Here is another example:

 

https://www.fujibi.or.jp/en/our-collection/profile-of-works.html?work_id=695

 

A dated (1864) katana by Fujiwara Kiyondo, with a cutting test inscription stating that a Tai-tai cut was executed by Yamada Yoshitoyo at the Denma-Cho prison/execution grounds.  Quite interesting pieces of history I would say.

 

And here is a link with more info on the Denma-Cho prison:

 

https://japanthis.com/2017/04/27/a-tour-of-denma-cho-prison-execution-ground/

[Greg F]

Gary your collection keeps on amazing me. How many tamashigiri swords do you have? (If you dont mind me asking ofcourse).

 

Greg

[Tom Darling]

This is the first wakizashi with cutting test, I've ever seen. Thank you for posting. Peace.

 

 

Tom D.

[Tigerinbamboo]

Your collection is just mind blowing.

[Ken-Hawaii]

 

Apparently it still happened in the second part of the 19th century.  Here is another example:

 

https://www.fujibi.o...tml?work_id=695

 

A dated (1864) katana by Fujiwara Kiyondo, with a cutting test inscription stating that a Tai-tai cut was executed by Yamada Yoshitoyo at the Denma-Cho prison/execution grounds.  Quite interesting pieces of history I would say.

 

And here is a link with more info on the Denma-Cho prison:

 

https://japanthis.co...ecution-ground/

Sorry, Wim. I should have been more specific. I knew that swords were still being used for executions, but didn't realize that blades were still being inscribed for tameshigiri. Thanks for that interesting info.