Opinion on Bungo Takada Tomoyuki

[Itomagoi]

Hello friends,
I would like to hear your opinion on this 54.5 cm long wakizashi. I have been trying to find out what generation the shinto smith is or if it is gimei. But without much success. 

I could not find a Yahazu Hamon with Itame hada and Nijuba on any of the other Tomoyuki on the internet.

 

It's a beautiful blade, without question.

[PNSSHOGUN]

Hi Peter, certainly a very interesting Hamon. The Mei looks rather crudely executed and does not compare well with the example on page 435 of the Toko Taikan.

[ROKUJURO]

Extreme HADORI! Looks a bit strange to me.

[Rivkin]

Sugata wise it would be 1570-1650.

Hamon is one of stranger shinto pieces, greatly accented by hadori. One of the issues is that hadori clearly goes through the actual hamon, so part of it hangs out outside as "ara nie" and part is within hadori. Without it would have a more "hitatsura" look, though still unusual, but might actually be not that weird-shinto looking (but I would still vote shinto, 1620-1630). Bungo did make a number of hitatsura and hitatsura-togari-Bizen styled blades during this period, some more unusual than others.

I can't comment on signature since I don't want to go through many books. Unfortunately, Bungo pieces were faked from time to time, strange as it is to modern people who were driven into "bungophobia" by shinsa panels. Unfortunately Tomoyuki is one of two names most commonly faked, though fakes are uncommon.

The placement of signature, the depth of strokes are consistent with the school. The execution is below to average.

 

[Itomagoi]

Unfortunately, today you mostly see hadori finish. But thank's for the comments.

Finding a comparable Mei is not easy.

 

 

 

[vajo]

The hadori is very bling bling but anyway the hamon looks like modern camouflage. This blade could be state of the art in a Dune movie. 

[Jussi Ekholm]

I would think like Kirill that blade could be a legitimate Bungo blade but I would be cautious about the signature.

 

Yours is signed 高田住人友行 - Takada jūnin Tomoyuki. I have the book Bungo Taikan and it seems like Takada jūnin was not used in Bungo signatures. It would either be Takada or Takada jū.

[Itomagoi]

That's help me a lot. Thank you Jussi!