Kantei

Jūyō Tōken and the Kyūshū katana

Famous works

No National Treasures: his katana in the Kyūshū National Museum, his Jūyō Tōken and the swords of his clients.

On this page
  1. Documented works
  2. The katana in the Kyūshū National Museum
  3. In the lists
  4. Gallery

Documented works

WorkDesignationWhere it is
Katana 筑州住左行秀鍛之 (Chikushū jū Sa Yukihide kore o kitau), 1851 (Kaei 4), to the taste of Ogura MasaharuLocal designationKyūshū National Museum (YF1), owned by the Fukuoka Asian Cultural Exchange Centre
Katana of 1853 (Kaei 6), 73.0 cmJūyō Tōken (65th designation, 2020)Private collection
Katana signed Toyonaga Tōko Sa Yukihide, 1870 (Meiji 3), for his son IkumaNo known designationNot recorded
Katana 於東武富賀岡八幡宮北辺左行秀 (Tōbu Tomigaoka Hachimangū hokuhen ni oite Sa Yukihide), 1866 (Keiō 2), 73.4 cmNo known designationNot recorded
Katana of 2 shaku 7 sun for Sakamoto Naokata, brother of Sakamoto Ryōma, 1848 (Kaei 1)No known designationNot recorded
Katana of 2 shaku 7 sun belonging to Yoshida Tōyō, the one he was carrying when he was killedNo known designationNot recorded

The katana in the Kyūshū National Museum

The Bunka Isan Online record gives it as a local designation; it is in the Kyūshū National Museum, in Dazaifu, in the name of the Asian Cultural Exchange Centre of Fukuoka Prefecture. The signature dates it to the second month of Kaei 4 (1851): the 四 (shi, “four”) is written as 二二 (ni ni, “two two”).

In the lists

No National Treasure or Important Cultural Property of his is recorded in the sources consulted, and he does not appear in the wazamono lists. The Japanese Wikipedia counts five other swords of his designated between 1955 and 1969 in Kōnan, in Kōchi, without giving the rank of the designation.