Important Japanese Swords and Armour from the Paul L. Davidson Collection
Important Japanese Swords and Armour from the Paul L. Davidson Collection
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Description
A katana
Signed Hizen no kuni ju Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro (Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, a resident of Hizen Province)
Edo period, 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, tori-zori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: pronounced jigane in ko-nuka hada mixed with some itame-hada in places
Hamon [tempering pattern]: bright irregular midare hamon, ashi and yo
Boshi [tip]: rounded boshi with slight turnback
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kengyo, two mekugi-ana (one filled in)
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]
Koshirae [mount]: the handachi style koshirae with black lacquer ishime ground saya, decorated in black hiramaki-e with stylised kasa mon [hat-shaped crest], shakudo nanako and gilt fittings, the shakudo menuki in the form of three-clawed dragons, the iron mokko-gata tachi tsuba with silvered rim
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 70.6 cm., 27¾ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.1 cm., ¼ in.
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation], no. 145047 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 11 (1999).
Art of the Samurai: The Paul L. Davidson Collection (New York, 2023), p. 43.
The particular style of hat-shaped crest (kasa mon) that is emblazoned on the scabbard (saya) is associated with the Matsui, Mino, Takahashi, Takebe and Hayashida (Harima Province) families.
