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Yokoyama Sukenaga

横山祐永 (Yokoyama Sukenaga)

Lineage: the signature does not state the generation

An Osafune lineage of Bizen in the late Edo period; according to Sesko, Sukenaga (1795-1851) was, with his father Sukehira, the driving force of the Yokoyama smiths of shinshintō.

Two bare blades, a long one and a short one, and below each its mounting lacquered in dark green with gold leaves.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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According to Markus Sesko, Sukenaga was the second son of Yokoyama Sukehira, who had trained with Yamato no Kami Motohira of Satsuma. Father and son are held to be the authors of the success of the Bizen Yokoyama smiths in shinshintō. Sukenaga had close ties to the Chōshū domain. In 1851 he turned down a young Miyamoto Kanenori as a student, who ended up training with Yokoyama Sukekane. He died that same year.

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Yokoyama Sukenaga (横山祐永) What is known about Sukenaga and the Yokoyama, with the level of evidence for each fact. Read the monograph

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  1. Mounting of Yokoyama Sukenaga, daimei by Sukehisa

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    Yokoyama Sukenaga, daimei by Sukehisa

    Shinshintō (1781-1876) · Bizen · 68.5 cm

    NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

    €13,840

  2. Paper of Yokoyama Kaga no Suke Fujiwara Sukenaga

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    Yokoyama Kaga no Suke Fujiwara Sukenaga

    Shinshintō (1781-1876) · Bizen · 1843 · 68.8 cm · In shirasaya

    NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

    €9,320

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