Hatakeda Moriie
守家 (Moriie)
A smith of Hatakeda, in Bizen, of the mid-Kamakura period, founder of the Hatakeda school; the name was borne by at least two generations and several of his tachi are important cultural properties.
Profile
Moriie worked in the village of Hatakeda (畠田, Hatakeda), in Bizen province, next to Osafune, and is held to be the founder of the school that takes its name from the village.
Japanese Wikipedia and the biographical dictionary cited by Kotobank distinguish two generations: the first, active between the Kenchō and Shōgen eras (1249-1260), signed with the two characters of the name; the second, between Bun’ei and Kōan (1264-1288), with longer signatures. Later there were other smiths with the same name. The sources do not say to which generation each of the surviving blades belongs.
According to Wikipedia, in 2008 ten of his tachi were important cultural properties; among them, those of the Eisei Bunko Foundation, the Tokugawa Art Museum, the Tsuchiura City Museum and the Amashin Foundation.
Notable works
- Tachi signed “守家造” (Moriie tsukuru, “made by Moriie”), 69.5 cm, Eisei Bunko Foundation, Tokyo; important cultural property.
- Tachi signed “備前国長船住守家” (Bizen no kuni Osafune jū Moriie), Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya; important cultural property.
- Tachi signed “Moriie tsukuru”, Tsuchiura City Museum; important cultural property.
- Tachi signed “Moriie”, of the Amashin Foundation, in Amagasaki; important cultural property.