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| IT IS A VERY INTERESTING FACT THAT "ICHIMONJI", THE MOST FAMOUS SCHOOL OF SWORD MAKING DURING THE KAMAKURA PERIOD (70 % OF TODAY'S NATIONAL TREASURE SWORDS, ARE FROM THE KAMAKURA PERIOD), ACTUALLY HAD ITS "GRASS ROOTS BEGINNINGS AT SEA", OFF THE COAST OF "CHIKUZEN" PROVINCE! HAD THERE NEVER BEEN A BATTLE OF "DEN-NO-URA" IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THE "ICHIMONJI SCHOOL" WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BORN! THE MAJORITY OF "ICHIMONJI" MAKERS WERE FROM BIZEN. | |
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| MITSUMORI WORKED DURING THE PERIOD OF KO-AN (1278). HE HAILED FROM THE "KAMAKURA
HATAKEDA" SCHOOL, FOUNDED BY "MORICHIKA" IN APPROXIMATELY KEN-EI PERIOD 1206 AD.
HE WAS OF THE "FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI GROUP". "MORIIYE", SUCCEEDED HIS GRANDFATHER,
AND SENSEI "MORICHIKA", AND EVEN SIGNED A BLADE "MORICHIKA MAGO MORIIYE"
(STUDENT OF THE FOUNDER, MORICHIKA)! "MITSUMORI", WAS HIS FOREMOST STUDENT, AND
SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER AS THE CHIEF ASSISTANT TO "MORIIYE" WHO'S
BLADES WERE IN HIGH DEMAND. DUE TO THIS FACT, SIGNED BLADES BY "MITSUMORI" ARE
SELDOM SEEN. WHEN EXAMINING "MU-MEI" (UNSIGNED) BLADES BY THESE MAKERS, THERE
WORK IS DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH. MITSUMORI'S WORKS ARE MAINLY TACHI, TANTO, AND
COMPANION (EARLY TERM FOR WAKIZASHI) SWORDS WITH STRONG, DISCERNIBLE
CHARACTERISTICS RELATING TO THE ICHIMONJI SCHOOL. THIS PARTICULAR BLADE WAS ONCE
OWNED BY THE SAKAKE DAIMYO, WITH SAYAGAKI ON ITS 200 + YEAR OLD SHIRASAYA,
ATTRIBUTING IT TO THE ICHIMONJI SCHOOL. OVER 200 YEARS AGO, IT WAS JUDGED AS "ICHIMONJI". AGAIN, 5 YEARS AGO IT WAS JUDGED AS "ICHIMONJI", BY THE "NBTHK" TOKUBETSU HOZON SHINSA. ON THE STRENGTH OF THESE TWO EVALUATIONS, WE PLACED IT FOR JUYO. THE SHINZA THOUGHT IT LOOKED A BIT MORE LIKE "MITSUMORI" ( HIS "SAKA CHOJI ) SLANTS A BIT MORE, AND MADE IT JUYO MITSUMORI. IF THE JUYO SHINZA WOULD CALL IT ICHIMONJI IT WOULD BE NEARLY DOUBLE ARE ASKING PRICE! |
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| MOTOSHIGE WAS TRULY A MAKER OF DISTINGUISHED HERITAGE. HIS LINEAGE CAN BE TRACED TO TWO ( BIZEN & SHOSHU ) OF THE MOST FAMOUS, AND POPULAR SCHOOLS OF SWORD MAKING. HIS GRANDFATHER, WAS THE FAMOUS "MORIIYE" OF BIZEN ( A NATIONAL TREASURE CLASS MAKER ). HIS SENSEI ( TEACHER ), WAS THE EXCEPTIONALLY FAMOUS "SADAMUNE", THE SON OF SHOSHU MASAMUNE, SAID TO BE THE GREATEST OF ALL MASTERS. | |
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| "MURAMASA" LIVED DURING THE BUN-GI (1501 AD.) ERA, IN "ISE" PROVINCE. THE SUPERSTITION SURROUNDING HIS BLADES, FIRST EMERGED IN 1603, WHEN "TOKUGAWA IEYASU" WAS EMPOWERED AS THE FIRST "SHOGUN" OF JAPAN! IEYASU, HARBORED STRONG, AND JUSTIFIED SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING "MURAMASA" BLADES. THESE WERE A DIRECT RESULT OF NUMEROUS TRAUMATIC AND VIOLENT INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN HIS LIFE. BOTH HIS FATHER AND HIS GRANDFATHER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY "MURAMASA" BLADES, AS WERE NUMEROUS OTHER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, SOME OF WHOM WERE KILLED. THE BREAKING LEVEL OF HIS TOLERANCE WAS REACHED, WHEN HE WAS PERSONALLY, BADLY CUT BY A "MURAMASA" BLADE. THIS CONVINCED HIM THAT THE BLADES OF "MURAMASA" WERE CURSED, AGAINST THE ENTIRE "TOKUGAWA FAMILY". IEYASU ISSUED AN EDICT FORBIDDING SAMURAI FROM CARRYING, AND OWNING MURAMASA BLADES. TO VIOLATE THIS EDICT MADE ONE ELIGIBLE FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. THE NORMAL FORM OF EXECUTION WAS CRUCIFIXION. | |
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images and description SOLD 3/2006
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| "YOSHIKAGE", IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY RESPECTED MAKERS OF THE "LATE KAMAKURA" ~ "NAMBOKUCHO" PERIOD'S. HIS FIRST WORKS APPEARED IN ABOUT "KEM-MU" 1334 AD. HE BEGAN HIS STUDIES WITH "CHIKAKAGE", AND IS BELIEVED TO BE HIS SON. HE IS ALSO SAID ( THE ANCIENT RECORDS ARE NOT CLEAR ) TO BE THE SON OF "KAGEMITSU" ( WHO IS THE FATHER OF "KANEMITSU" ), ONE OF THE "TOP FIVE" MAKERS OF HIS ERA. "CHIKAKAGE" "KA-REKI 1326" PERIOD, ONE OF THE FOREMOST LATE KAMAKURA MAKERS, AND STUDENT OF THE EXCEPTIONALLY FAMOUS "NAGAMITSU". | |
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and description... Sold 9/30/05 |
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| Sold 8/3/05 |
 Nagasa (length) 72.3 cm / 28.5" Superb Condition $ Five figure price range |
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KUNIMURA WAS BORN IN "YAMATO" PROVINCE, AND WAS THE SON OF DURING KUNIMURA'S YOUTHFUL YEARS HE MOVED TO THE NEIGHBORING
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