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UJIYOSHI (氏善), Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Owari – “Wakasa no Kami Fujiwara Ujiyoshi” (若狭守藤原氏善), “Wakasa no Kami Fujiwara Ujiyoshi” (若狭守藤原氏良), “Bishū-jū Fujiwara Ujiyoshi” (尾州住藤原氏良), “Ujiyoshi” (氏良), he signed his name with the characters (氏良) and (氏善) whereas it is assumed that (氏善) was the earlier variant, before he settled in Owari´s Narumi (鳴海) he worked in Mino province, mokume mixed with masame, mostly a midareba
UJIYOSHI 氏善 – 39427
WAKIZASHI MEI
Ura: Omote:
正保貳年二月吉日 若狭守藤原氏善
Shoho ninen nigatsu Wakasa no Kami
kichijitsu Fujiwara Ujiyoshi
HERITAGE
Swordsmith: Ujiyoshi
Also signed: Using "氏良" as Ujiyoshi
Title: Wakasa no Kami
School: Seki
Teacher: Ujifusa
Region: Owari
Mino
Lived in: Narumi, Owari
DATES
Production date: February 1645
Era: Shoho 正保 (1644-1648)
Sword Period: Shinto (1596–1781)
Art Period: Edo (1603–1867)
Political Period: Daisho-katana-sunpo
oyobi tohatsu-futsu-
mo no sei (1645)
Imperial ruler: Go-Komyo (1643–1654)
Shogunate: Tokugawa (1603–1867)
Shogun: Iemitsu (1623–1651)
MEASUREMENTS
Nagasa: 51,3cm
Sori: 0,5cm
CLASSIFICATIONS
Weapon Type: Sword
Construction Type: Shinogi Iori
Hamon: Midare
Kitae: Itame/Masame
Kissaki: Chu
Nakago: Ubu
Yasurime: Katte Sagari ミ
∠115°
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Authentication Papers: Yes, NBTHK
Koshu Tokubetsu Kicho
Issued by: Honma Junji 本間順治
(1904-1991)
Reference work: Mino-to oshigata-shu
美濃刀押形集
This blade is featured
(page 275-276)
Shirasaya: Yes
Koshirae: No, custom order possible
Habaki: Massive silver
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