Osafune Yoshikage
義景 (Yoshikage)
A smith of the Osafune school, in Bizen, of the 14th century; a tachi of his that belonged to the Date house is an important cultural property at the Kyoto National Museum.
Profile
Yoshikage (義景) was a smith of the Osafune school, in Bizen province. What is known of him comes from his work: Bunka Isan Online, the database of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, records a tachi signed as a resident of Osafune, in Bizen, and dates it to the Kamakura period, in the 14th century. According to the same entry, the blade, of 74.2 cm, was remade by shortening a naginata or a nagamaki, and comes from the Date house of Sendai.
No signed dates or teacher are known for him. The Kotō Taikan reproduces four of his signatures.
Notable works
- Tachi signed as a resident of Osafune, of 74.2 cm, remade from a naginata or a nagamaki and coming from the Date house of Sendai; important cultural property, at the Kyoto National Museum.