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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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A wakizashi and fine koshirae [sword mount] | Signed Ichijo Horikawa ju Shinano no kami Kuni[hiro] (Shinano no kami Kunihiro, a resident of Ichijo Horikawa) | Momoyama period, late 16th – early 17th century
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A wakizashi and fine koshirae [sword mount]
Signed Ichijo Horikawa ju Shinano no kami Kuni[hiro] (Shinano no kami Kunihiro, a resident of Ichijo Horikawa)
Momoyama period, late 16th – early 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, tori-zori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: almost muji-hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha in ji-nie, subdued nioiguchi, slight utsuri
Boshi [tip]: maru-boshi with turnback
Nakago [tang]: suriage, machi-okuri, two mekugi-ana, the omote signed Shinano no kami Kuni[hiro], the ura signed Ichijo Horikawa ju
Habaki [collar]: single clad, silver on copper
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki inscription
Koshirae [mount]: the fine inro-kizami black lacquer saya in tataki-nuri, the fine silver fittings chased and engraved with horses, double-edged ken style kozuka, the gold menuki in the form of further horses, finely chiselled details, the silver tsuba similarly decorated, raised silver rim
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 52.8 cm., 22⅞ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.2 cm., ⅞ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3 cm., 1¼ in.
Art of the Samurai: The Paul L. Davidson Collection (New York, 2023), p. 83.
The foremost pupil of Umetada Myoju (1558-1631), Horikawa Kunihiro (died in 1614) was mainly active in Kyoto. He predominantly worked in the Soshu koto traditions, but his diverse array of styles ranged from Yamashiro to Mino as well. Many important early smiths studied under him, including Izumi no kami Kunisada, Dewa daijo Fujiwara Kunimichi, Horikawa Kuniyasu and Heianjo Hiroyuki.