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His works
| Work | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Long sword with its scabbard, with an 82.2 cm blade, which the museum’s record attributes to Yokoyama Sukenaga; the record places him in Kyoto and active from 1830 to 1851 | Around 1830-1851 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA, AC1999.186), gift in memory of Sakujiro Kawaguchi |
| Katana which, according to its signature as transcribed in a video, was forged “before the altar” of the Tenma Tenjin-gū shrine (天満天神宮於神前謹鍛之, Tenma Tenjin-gū shinzen ni oite tsutsushinde kore o kitau) | Eleventh month of 1841 (Tenpō 12) | Private collection |
The LACMA record says Kyoto; Sesko and his signatures place him in Osafune, in Bizen.
In the lists
The Yamada cutting lists (1797-1830) do not include him in the sources consulted, and no other ranking of his is recorded in them.
Gallery
Long sword with its scabbard in the LACMA (AC1999.186), which its record attributes to Yokoyama Sukenaga, next to a short blade and its mounting. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source
A katana by Sukenaga from both sides: the signature with the title Kaga no Suke on one side of the tang and the chrysanthemum with the character 一 (ichi) on the other. Photo: dealer in Japan