YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI KATANALate Kamakura PeriodMumei, circa 1320NBTHK Juyo TokenNagasa [length]: 66.8 cmSori: 1.6 cm, motohaba: 3.0 cm, sakihaba: 2.1 cmSugata [shape]: Shinogi-ø, iori-mune, tori-zori curvature with chu-kissakiKitae [forging pattern]: Ko-itame mixed with nagare hadaHamon [ltemper line]: Choji midare, sometime saka-choji, mixed with ko gunome, in nioi dekiHataraki [activities]: Koashi, yōBoshi [point temper line]: Notare komi with komaru.Nakago [...
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signed “Hizen kuni Saga Ju Masahiro”肥前國佐賀住正廣Edo period, Circa 1640NBTHK Juyō Tōken MeasuresNagasa [lenght]: 70.2 cmMotohaba: 2.8 cm, sakihaba: 2 cmKasane [thickness]: 5.8 mmSori [curvature]: 1.82 cm Sugata [configuration]Shinogi-zukuri, koshi-zori, iori-mune, elongated chu-kissaki (3.6 cm) Kitae [forging pattern]Ko-itame hada with thick jinie and chikei Hamon [tempering pattern]: Nie-deki gunome and ō-gunome midare mixed to choji midare, the thick nioiguchi shows sunagashi, kinsuji, yo and ashi. Bōshi [point]Round at the end with hakikake kaeri...
Hanging scroll; ink on silk, 76 by 25 cm _Mounts 157,5 by 48 cm Signed: Seisei Kiitsu 菁々其一.Square relief seal: Shukurin 祝琳 Suzuki Kiitsu was the leading painter of the “Edo Rimpa” movement of artists active in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Born in Edo the son of a dyer, Kiitsu began his career as an apprentice to Sakai Hōitsu (1761-1828) when he was eighteen. In the early 1800s Hōitsu had revived the style of Ogata Kōrin (1658-1716), mounting an exhibition of Kōrin’s paintings in 1815 to commemorate the centenary of his death. Hōitsu also produced...
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