Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Signed and dated an auspicious day of the eighth month of Tenna 2 (1682), with an ubu tang, bōhi on both faces and NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon papers; koshirae and shirasaya.
Izumo no Kami Fujiwara Yoshitake was the son of Horikawa Kunitake and trained in the Horikawa school. The signature “Hōtetsu Nyūdō” belongs to his old age, so it identifies the first of the line without ambiguity. The blade is signed and dated an auspicious day of the eighth month of Tenna 2 (1682). It measures 68.5 cm of nagasa with 2.27 cm of sori, a generous curve, and carries bōhi on both faces, finished with a rounded end above the habaki. The tang remains ubu, with yasurime cut as ornament, and shows two mekugi-ana. The original seller notes in the workmanship of the blade the mark of contact with the Hōjōji school in Edo. The blade holds NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon papers and comes with koshirae and shirasaya, although the fittings are neither described nor dated.
Strong points
- Signed and dated the eighth month of Tenna 2 (1682)
- Ubu tang with yasurime cut as ornament
- The signature “Hōtetsu Nyūdō” identifies the first of the line
- Bōhi on both faces, rounded off above the habaki
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon papers, with koshirae and shirasaya
- Son of Horikawa Kunitake, of the Horikawa school
Points to bear in mind
- Two mekugi-ana
- The original seller neither describes nor dates the mounting
- No statement is made about the blade's state of preservation
Score
146.2 pointscurrent max. 255
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Certificate
+50
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper +50
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Tang
+25
Tang intact according to the seller at origin, with 2 mekugi-ana +25
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Declared condition
−20
The original seller says nothing about the condition −20
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Signature and date
+25
Signed and with an engraved date +25
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Mounting
+35
Antique mounting, from another period than the blade +35
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Blade
+5
68.5 cm: close to the usable range +5
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Shirasaya
+5
With a storage shirasaya +5
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Price
+21.2
Price: the more affordable, the more points +21.2
The score adds and subtracts points for each feature of the piece and has no ceiling: the highest in the catalogue today is 255. It is computed from the record, not from an opinion. The mounting starts from what is known of its period, adds what vouches for it (its own NBTHK paper, a signed fitting, a crest) and subtracts what has been restored (saya, ito, same, habaki or sageo).
Measurements
- Nagasa
- 68.5 cm
- Sori
- 2.3 cm
- Tang
- Intact (ubu)
- Certificate
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
- Mounting
- Period mounting
- Storage shirasaya
- Yes
- Period
- Shintō (1596-1780)
- Dating
- 8th month of Tenna 2 (1682), auspicious day
- Province
- Yamashiro / Musashi
- Mekugi-ana
- 2
- Condition
- Sound condition according to the seller at origin
- Signed
- Yes
- With an engraved date
- Yes
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