Izumo Daijō Yoshitake
出雲大掾吉武 (Izumo Daijō Yoshitake)
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- Wazamono (good) (Kaihō Kenjaku, 1797)
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Izumo no Kami Fujiwara Yoshitake Hōtetsu Nyūdō
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.
74.2/100
€12,310
