This is the rating and price for Omote Mei : Oite Bushu Edo Echizen Yasutsugu Ura Kinzogan Tameshi Mei : Keicho Ju-ku nen tora Shichi gatsu Juichi nichi Futatsu zutsu raku [cutting test inscription dated 11th day of the 7th month in Keicho 19th year (1614)] The blade honzukuri, iorimune, shallow torii-zori with chu-gissaki, forging pattern mokume and masame to the shinogi-ji, chu-suguha hamon with ko-gunome of nie, deep komaru boshi to the omote and jizo boshi to the ura, ubu nakago with one hole, file marks katte-sagari, 70.4 cm., gold habaki carved with a Tokugawa family crest, in shirasaya inscribed with details of the blade, Accompanied by a certificate of Mr. Matsuo Fujishiro, sword polisher and National Living Treasure in Japan NOTES The term 'Futatsu-tsutsu' was used in tameshigiri inscriptions in the late 16th and early 17th century. It was replaced by the more usually encountered 'Futatsu-do' in the middle of the 17th century. The certificate mentions that this blade is named Rai Fu Jin [Thunder and Wind god] and it is said to have been worn by the young Matsudaira Tadamasa (1597-1645) in his first battle at the age of sixteen. He also fought at the siege of Osaka in 1615 1. He was a grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu and became Daimyo of Fukui in 1622 with a revenue of 320,000 koku. The nakago is illustrated in the Fujishiro publication Meito Zukan, vol. II (Tokyo, July 1978), no. 1, p. 8. Yasutsugu was given aoi crests and a Yasu character by the Tokugawa family and he changed his signature to Yasutsugu in Keicho 18th (1613). 1 E. Papinot, Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan (Vermont, 1972), p. 356. by Said Rais

Said Rais born in 1986
About the lot N° 148
Omote Mei : Oite Bushu Edo Echizen Yasutsugu Ura Kinzogan Tameshi Mei : Keicho Ju-ku nen tora Shichi gatsu Juichi nichi Futatsu zutsu raku [cutting test inscription dated 11th day of the 7th month in Keicho 19th year (1614)] The blade honzukuri, iorimune, shallow torii-zori with chu-gissaki, forging pattern mokume and masame to the shinogi-ji, chu-suguha hamon with ko-gunome of nie, deep komaru boshi to the omote and jizo boshi to the ura, ubu nakago with one hole, file marks katte-sagari, 70.4 cm., gold habaki carved with a Tokugawa family crest, in shirasaya inscribed with details of the blade, Accompanied by a certificate of Mr. Matsuo Fujishiro, sword polisher and National Living Treasure in Japan NOTES The term 'Futatsu-tsutsu' was used in tameshigiri inscriptions in the late 16th and early 17th century. It was replaced by the more usually encountered 'Futatsu-do' in the middle of the 17th century. The certificate mentions that this blade is named Rai Fu Jin [Thunder and Wind god] and it is said to have been worn by the young Matsudaira Tadamasa (1597-1645) in his first battle at the age of sixteen. He also fought at the siege of Osaka in 1615 1. He was a grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu and became Daimyo of Fukui in 1622 with a revenue of 320,000 koku. The nakago is illustrated in the Fujishiro publication Meito Zukan, vol. II (Tokyo, July 1978), no. 1, p. 8. Yasutsugu was given aoi crests and a Yasu character by the Tokugawa family and he changed his signature to Yasutsugu in Keicho 18th (1613). 1 E. Papinot, Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan (Vermont, 1972), p. 356. ,1615.0 Price: 64 743.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
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Sale date : 16 Nov 2000 It's free to register now to view!
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