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A tokubetsu jūyō katana by the first generation, the blades in the Kyoto and Tokyo National Museums and his place in the cutting list.

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  1. Documented works
  2. Two pieces
  3. In the lists
  4. Gallery

Documented works

WorkDesignationWhere it is
Katana by the first generation signed 伊賀守藤原金道 (Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kinmichi), of 70.2 cm and 1.6 cm of curvatureTokubetsu jūyō tōken of the NBTHKOwner not stated
Tantō signed 伊賀守金道 (Iga no Kami Kinmichi), of 33 cm, from the Momoyama period or the 17th centuryNo designationKyoto National Museum (E甲322)
Naginata signed 伊賀守金道 (Iga no Kami Kinmichi)No designationKyoto National Museum (E甲443)
Tantō signed 日本鍛冶宗匠伊賀守藤原金道 (Nihon kaji sōshō Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kinmichi), with the chrysanthemum and 除雷 (probable reading: jorai), of 1829 (Bunsei 12), in its black lacquer mountingNo designationTokyo National Museum (F-309)
Wakizashi signed 日本鍛冶宗匠伊賀守藤原金道 (Nihon kaji sōshō Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kinmichi), of 1835 (Tenpō 6)No designationTokyo National Museum (F-20035)
Iron tsuba in mokkō shape, engraved in line, signed 伊賀守金道 (Iga no Kami Kinmichi)No designationTokyo National Museum (F-19743)

Two pieces

According to the NBTHK, the tokubetsu jūyō katana it discussed in 2019 is one of the three known blades of the first generation that add 藤原 (Fujiwara) to the signature. The commentary records that it was one of the favourite swords of Tani Kanjō, who defended Kumamoto castle against Saigō’s army.

The tantō of 1829 in the Tokyo National Museum bears the house’s title and the chrysanthemum in the signature, and its mounting, chrysanthemums on the scabbard and on the hilt: the mark of the title of Nihon kaji sōshō two centuries after the first generation.

In the lists

In the 『懐宝剣尺』 (Kaihō Kenjaku), the Yamada cutting list of 1797, the Japanese Wikipedia places the first Iga no Kami Kinmichi among the 業物 (wazamono), the fourth of its four grades, together with Izumi no Kami Kinmichi, the first and the second of that name.

No work of his designated a National Treasure or an Important Cultural Property is recorded in the sources consulted.