Heitai68 Posted February 6 Report Posted February 6 Hello, I´ve got this wakizashi for some years. Me was told, it is from the muromachi- period. Made by a sword-smith named Kunishige Tomoyuki. But now I´m not longer sure of this. Is it possible to say in what period this sword was made an from whom? I would appreciate your opinion. Thanks. Ed. Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 6 Report Posted February 6 This looks like a gassaku made by Bungo Shigeyuki + Tomoyuki, or at least that is my impression from the ninteisho. Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 6 Report Posted February 6 There were several generations between late Muromachi and early Edo period. My impression is Shinto. 2 Quote
Heitai68 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 I hope these pictures are better for a propper review. Quote
2devnul Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Hi, My feeling, looking at patina on Nakago, it is Shinto. 1 Quote
Heitai68 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 O.k...... this would mean a time-period from 1596 - 1781 ? A quite long time for forging a sword.... Is Bungo Shigeyuki + Tomoshige the right maker? Quote
Shugyosha Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Yes. I think that whoever told you it was from the muromachi period was wrong or did so to make the blade more attractive to you. Google Kanbun shinto sugata - your blade is a similar shape to that seen around the 1660s. Also, if you do a search on both smiths’ names a correlation will confirm when they were both working in Bungo or perhaps someone can quote from a list of smiths to pin it down? Quote
Heitai68 Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 Thank you. Is it possible to give an approximate price estimate? Quote
Ray Singer Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 Gassaku means that the blade appears to have been made by two individuals (at least, based on what is inscribed on the nakago and documented on the ninteisho). Here are some possibilities for Bungo Tomoyuki and Bungo Shigeyuki working during the early Edo period (Shinto times). Bios credit to Markus Sesko. Shigeyuki SHIGEYUKI (重行), 1st gen., Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Bungo – “Bungo no Kuni Fujiwara Shigeyuki” (豊後国藤原重行) SHIGEYUKI (重行), 2nd gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Bungo – “Fujiwara Shigeyuki” (藤原重行), “Hōshū Takada-jū Fujiwara Shigeyuki” (豊州高田住藤原重行), “Bungo no Kuni Takada-jū Fujiwara Shigeyuki” (豊後国高田住藤原重行), Fujiwara-Takada school, first name Shirōzaemon (四郎左衛門), dense itame, suguha, ko-midare, gunome-midare SHIGEYUKI (重行), 3rd gen., Enpō (延宝, 1673-1681), Bungo – “Hōshū Takada-jū Fujiwara Shigeyuki” ( 豊州高田住藤原重行), first name Yazaemon (弥左衛門), mostly a midareba SHIGEYUKI (重行), 4th gen., Hōei (宝永, 1704-1711), Bungo – “Bungo no Kuni Shigeyuki” (豊後国重行) Tomoyuki TOMOYUKI (友行), 1st gen., Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Bungo – “Bungo no Kuni Takada-jū Fujiwara Tomoyuki” (豊後国高田住藤原友行), first name Yoichibei (与一兵衛), Fujiwara-Takada school, he also worked in Buzen´s Kokura (小倉), suguha, ko-midare, gunome-midare, tight nioiguchi, wazamono, chūjō-saku TOMOYUKI (友行), 2nd gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Bungo – “Bungo-jū Fujiwara Tomoyuki” (豊後住藤原 友行), “Buzen Kokura-jū Tomoyuki” (豊前小倉住友行), Fujiwara-Takada school, he also worked in Kokura (小倉), chū-saku TOMOYUKI (友行), 3rd gen., Genroku (元禄, 1688-1704), Bungo – “Bungo Takada-jū Fujiwara Tomoyuki” (豊後高田住藤原友行), real name Takada Kōsuke (高田幸助), Fujiwara-Takada school, he moved later to Nakatsu (中津) in Buzen province but worked temporarily also in Edo, suguha, gunome-chōji 1 3 Quote
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