Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Need help with interpreting Wakizashi hamon

laEspadaAncha · 31st July 2010, 05:49 PM

Hello Kisak,

Thank you for your response. I have in fact had this posted over at NMB as well, and both through the board and through direct correspondence with one of its more established members, the consensus seems to be forming that the wakizashi is in fact (Sue) Koto, and most likely dates to the Muromachi or Momoyama periods, with one estimate of 1500-1550 and another of 1550-1580, and that the form and differing hamon were hallmarks of the Bizen Sukesada school.

While not necessarily a stellar example by any means, the tsuba is signed and attributed to the Bizen Yoshihiro school, and to finally add a Koto-era example to my nascent collection of katana is a victory in my book.

31st July 2010, 05:49 PM	#4
laEspadaAncha Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 608	Hello Kisak, Thank you for your response. I have in fact had this posted over at NMB as well, and both through the board and through direct correspondence with one of its more established members, the consensus seems to be forming that the wakizashi is in fact (Sue) Koto, and most likely dates to the Muromachi or Momoyama periods, with one estimate of 1500-1550 and another of 1550-1580, and that the form and differing hamon were hallmarks of the Bizen Sukesada school. While not necessarily a stellar example by any means, the tsuba is signed and attributed to the Bizen Yoshihiro school, and to finally add a Koto-era example to my nascent collection of katana is a victory in my book.