刀 水心子正秀 天明六年八月日 真改写し沸匂深い傑作 二尺三寸七分
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Suishinshi Masahide Katana

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Katana Suishinshi Masahide August 1st, Tenmei 6, A masterpiece of Shinkai copying, 71.7cm

¥2,500,000(tax included)
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水心子正秀 Suishinshi Masahide
Ura-mei
天明六年八月日 August day of Tenmei 6
Registration
Niigata 12/22/42(Showa)
Period
Late Edo period
Size

Hachou 71.7cm (二尺三寸七分) Sori 1.5cm
Moto-Haba 3.1cm Saki-Haba 2.0cm Moto-Kasane 0.67cm Shinogi-Thikess 0.70cm Saki-Kasane 0.43cm Kissaki-Chou 3.1cm Nakago-Chou 21.9cm Weight 695g

Country
Musashi
Shape
Shinogidukuri, Iorimune, Wide Mihaba, Standard Sori, Chu-Kissaki.
Kitae
Small-Itamehada-tsumi, Mokume here and there,Mixed Itame-Oh-hada, Jinie entered fine and thick, Chikei entered finely well, Iron is clear and bright.
Hamon
Notare, Gunome, Mixed Togariba, Deep Nie entered well, Niesuji, Sunagashi-kakari, Deep Nioi, Nioikuchi is bright and clear.
Boushi
Shikirini-hakikake-Komaru
Nakago
Ubu, Sakiba-Agari-Kurijiri, Yasurimesujikaikesyou, Mekugiana is one(1)
Habaki
Kiniroe single
Drscription
Suishinshi Masahide was born in the Uesugi territory of Hashu in the third year of Kan'en, and his name is Gihachiro Kawabe.At first, he studied under Yoshihide Shimohara in Bushuu and named him Takuhide(宅英).In the third year of Anei, he became a feudal lord of the Yamagata Akimoto family, and was renamed Masahide Kawabe and named Suishinshi.The sword has been made for about 50 years from Anei to Bunsei, and in the early days of Tenmei, Kansei, and Kyowa, the blade of Sukehiro Style's Touran-midare or Shinkai-style Suguha Style was burned with Osaka Shintou as the ideal.In his later years, he advocated the theory of swords and tried each of the Sagami, Bizen, and Mino swords as a practitioner of swords. He died at the age of 76 in the 8th year of Bunsei.It is worth mentioning that the technique was published in more than a dozen books, and the disciples also count more than 100 people, including Naotane.
This sword was created by Masahide in the 6th year of the Tenmei period, at the age of 37. Wide Mihaba, Standard Sori and well-proportioned, Small-Itamehada-tsumi well, Jinie entered fine and thick Jitetsu, Chikei entered finely bright and clear. Nie-Nioi entered deep Notare-ba-yaki, It works well, This is a masterpiece of Shinkai's brilliant transcription.
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