YUKIHIRO

(Hizen) Yukihiro

Mei:  Mumei
Nagasa : 25 " Katana
Sori: 0.9cm
Width at the ha-machi: 1-3/16"
Width at the yokote: 13/16"
Thickness at the mune-machi: 1/4"
Construction: Shinogi-zukuri
Mune: Iori
Nakago: Suriage
Yasurime: Kiri
Kitae: Itame
Hamon: Midare
Boshi:  Maru

YUKIHIRO DEWA NO DAIJÔ SHODAI [KANBUN 1661 HIZEN] SHINTÔ JÔSAKU

                He is the younger brother of shodai Masahiro, is called Kyûrôbei, and he learned forging with Oranda tetsu (Holland steel) in Keian Sannen (1650).  He was 32 years of age at this time.  He received the title of Dewa no Daijô in Shôhô Gonen (1648), and of Dewa no Kami in Kanbun Sannen (1663).  He died at the age of 66 in Tenna Sannen (1683) Gogatsu.  His works resemble those of Masahiro, have a wide body, ji of ko-moku, and ha is gonome midare, suguba nado.

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