Shimada
島田派 (Shimada-ha)
The Shimada school, in Suruga: a Sagami style on the Tōkaidō, with the Yoshisuke and Sukemune for generations.
Style and characteristics
Strong nie and much activity (kinsuji, sunagashi) in a notare or gunome hamon over an itame jigane; also hitatsura hamon. It is a late Sagami style.
History
It worked from the mid-Muromachi to the mid-Edo period in the service of the Tōkaidō clans, above all the Imagawa; the names Yoshisuke and Sukemune were repeated for generations. A Yoshisuke is credited with the spear Otegine, one of the three great spears of Japan.
Smiths of the school
- Shimada Yoshisuke 島田義助