(Echizen) Suketsugu (fss-608)
Mei: Echizen
no kuni Suketsugu
Date: 1600's
Nagasa : 18 1/8 "
Sori: 10.5mm
Width at the ha-machi: 30.5mm
Width at the yokote: 21.4mm
Thickness at the mune-machi: 6.6mm
Construction: shinogi zukuri
Mune: iori
Nakago: ubu
Kitae: mokume/itame
Hamon: suguba
Boshi: ko-maru
Condition: great older polish
An exquisite ubu Wakazashi by the jo-Josaku smith � Echizen No Kuni Suketsugu. The sword is a stout blade with beautiful hataraki. The hamon is a sugu-ba with much activity. There is sunagashi, kinsuji with ashi and yo, there is ko-nie with a glowing nioi frosting. The hamon gives the appearance of a soft rolling sea. The hada has swirls of mokume with itame very tightly made throughout showing the skill of this smith. A gorgeous sword for the collector with mounts that equal the sword.
The mounts are very nicely done and consist of a kowari black lacquered carved ribbed saya. The mounts are of the handachi style and are papered also. The menuki are of cattle and can represent agriculture
. Farming was an important occupation in early Japan, and many myths relate to it. The most basic and ancient precepts often refer to it. For example, the linked concepts of purity and un-cleanliness were central to Japanese culture, and the words expressing this concept have to do with agriculture. Something that is unclean or impure is kegare or �unable to make things grow.� (Ke means �able to make things grow�; gare is �not� or �un.�) Of the many crops historically grown in Japan, none is more important than rice. It remains an important part of the Japanese diet today. Rice did more than nurture the body in ancient Japan. It had a spiritual significance. Even today, offerings of rice are an important part of even the simplest rituals. Growing such a critical food source in ancient times was an important job, and rice farmers still have a special place in Japanese society. There are several gods associated with farming or agriculture or different agricultural products or processes. Among them are Daikoku, Toyo-Uke-Bime, Inari, and Yama-Uba.During the Momoyama period, it was Toyotomi Hideyoshi who sent Tokugawa Ieyasu�s son Hidetada, to govern Echizen province. It is sometime seen as a banishment rather than any kind of reward, the main object of which was to dilute or fragment the ever-growing power and influence of the Tokugawa.
However, it was this branch of the family, called the Matsudaira, which attracted many swordsmiths and tsuba makers. As the country settled down after the Senogoku-jidai and swordsmiths sought patronage, many moved to the great martial provinces. Principally, swordsmiths going to Echizen were from Seki in Mino province who became known as the Echizen-Seki school and the Kinai were skilled tsuba makers and carvers of horimono. A well established family of swordsmith, headed by a certain Hironaga, hailed from Sakata-gun, Shimosaka in Omi province and they relocated to Echizen at this time. Initially, the leading swordsmith signed as "Higo Daijo Shimosaka" and later as Yasutsugu.
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KOSHIRAI
PAPERS
KANTEISHO
ECHIZEN SUKETSUGU
SH�SHIN
Length: 1 shaku 5 sun 3 bu
August 4, 2013
NTHK
No. 17,909
Mei inscription: ECHIZEN NO KUNI SUKETSUGU
Kitae: Ko-itame
Hamon: Suguba
B�shi: Sugu(ba), ko-maru, saki hakkake
Nakago: Two mekugi ana, yasurime is katte sagari
Remarks: Around Kanbun (1661-1673)
PAPERS
KANTEISHO
KAWARI BLACK LACQUER CARVED SAYA HANDACHI KOSHIRAE
SH�SHIN
Length: 1 shaku 5 sun 3 bu
August 4, 2013
NTHK
No. 5,948
Dimensions: Length 66.0 cm
Koshirae;
Tsukamae: White same skin , white ito kata ?maki
Fuchi-kashira: mumei, mumon (plain)
Mekugi: mumei, oxen theme
Tsuba: mumei, hikite gata theme
Saya: Kawari black lacquer carved saya
Hamon: Suguba
B�shi: Sugu(ba), ko-maru, saki hakkake
Nakago: Two mekugi ana, yasurime is katte sagari
Remarks: Late Edo
This sword is on consignment.
~SOLD~
Order number for this item is : fss-608
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