Info needed on Suruga no Kami Kunimasa

[KungFooey]

Hi all,

 

Big favor needed!

I don't have any of the swordsmith references like Hawly or Sesko, cause I mainly like guards. So I was hoping someone here could do me a solid and maybe photograph the relevant pages on SURUGA NO KAMI KUNIMASA

(駿河守國正) of Iyo (Yoshu).

It's the first generation (Hawly KUN424) I'm after, who studied in Edo with Yasusada for a while around 1650.

 

I'd be really grateful for any help!

Thanks again,

Dee

 

[Mark S.]

From Sesko:

 

KUNIMASA (国正), 1st gen., Manji (万治, 1658-1661), Iyo – “Kunimasa” (国正), “Suruga no Kami Fujiwara Kunimasa” (駿河守藤原国正), real name Nishimoto Ichi´emon (西本市右衛門), Fujishiro lists him with the first name Ichibei (市兵衛), he came originally from Ninomiya (二宮) in Tosa province but was hired by the Uwajima fief (宇和島藩) of Iyo province, he was the 1st gen. of the shintō-era Iyo-Kunimasa line, he studied under the 2nd gen. Iyo Chikugo no Kami Kunifusa (筑後守国房), under Yamato no Kami Yasusada (大和守安定), and under Hōjōji Masahiro (法城寺正弘), blades which are just signed with a niji-mei “Kunimasa” are often mixed-up with works of Horikawa Kunimasa (堀川国正), the honorary title Suruga no Kami was granted to him in the fourth year of Kanbun (寛文, 1664), he died in the tenth month Hōei two (宝永, 1705), chū-saku

[Mark S.]

From Sesko Shinto Meikan

[KungFooey]

21 minutes ago, Mark S. said:

From Sesko:

 

KUNIMASA (国正), 1st gen., Manji (万治, 1658-1661), Iyo – “Kunimasa” (国正), “Suruga no Kami Fujiwara Kunimasa” (駿河守藤原国正), real name Nishimoto Ichi´emon (西本市右衛門), Fujishiro lists him with the first name Ichibei (市兵衛), he came originally from Ninomiya (二宮) in Tosa province but was hired by the Uwajima fief (宇和島藩) of Iyo province, he was the 1st gen. of the shintō-era Iyo-Kunimasa line, he studied under the 2nd gen. Iyo Chikugo no Kami Kunifusa (筑後守国房), under Yamato no Kami Yasusada (大和守安定), and under Hōjōji Masahiro (法城寺正弘), blades which are just signed with a niji-mei “Kunimasa” are often mixed-up with works of Horikawa Kunimasa (堀川国正), the honorary title Suruga no Kami was granted to him in the fourth year of Kanbun (寛文, 1664), he died in the tenth month Hōei two (宝永, 1705), chū-saku

THAT IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED, MARK - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

 

Dee