14th Jun, 2024 10:00
Fine Japanese Art
182
YOKOYAMA SUKESADA: A WAKIZASHI IN SUPERB KOSHIRAE
Sold for €2,340
including Buyer's Premium
By Yokoyama Sukesada, Signed Bishu Osafune junin Yokoyama Kozuke daijo Fujiwara Sukesada
Japan, 17th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The blade:
The sugata is shinogi-zukuri with iori mune, chu-kissaki, and torii sori, forged in itame hada with a suguha hamon with pronounced nioi. The nakago with one mekugi-ana, a kiri jiri, and the mei on the omote reading Bishu Osafune junin and on the ura Yokoyama Kozuke daijo Fujiwara SUKESADA.
The mounting:
The iron tsuba with a silver rim of maru gata form and finely decorated in gold hirazogan to depict worm-eaten leaves and wispy clouds, one side with a signature. The nanako shakudo fuchi decorated in gold and shakudo takazogan with aoi (hollyhock). The tsuka covered in rayskin and wrapped with blue textile. The parcel-gilt shakudo menuki cast in the form of recumbent buffalo. The saya lacquered in lustrous roiro and meticulously inlaid with aogai.
With the original Torokusho registration card.
NAGASA 44.2 cm, SORI 1.2 cm, LENGTH 72 cm (the koshirae)
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.
Yokoyama Sukesada was given the name Heibei at birth and was the son of the Shichibei Jyo Sukesada. He distinguished himself as the doyen of Bizen sword smiths in Shinto period. He devoted himself to restoring the Koto works of his school’s founder Yoso-zaemon-no-jo Sukesada and successfully revived the Bizen-den technique in the Shinto period. He served the Ichijo family, one of the Five Regent Houses of the Fujiwara clan, and received the title Kozuke daijo from the Imperial Court in Kanbun 4 (1664). He died at the age of 89 years in 1721.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related katana by the same swordsmith, dated 17th century, in the British Museum, registration number 1958,0730.143.a-d.
By Yokoyama Sukesada, Signed Bishu Osafune junin Yokoyama Kozuke daijo Fujiwara Sukesada
Japan, 17th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The blade:
The sugata is shinogi-zukuri with iori mune, chu-kissaki, and torii sori, forged in itame hada with a suguha hamon with pronounced nioi. The nakago with one mekugi-ana, a kiri jiri, and the mei on the omote reading Bishu Osafune junin and on the ura Yokoyama Kozuke daijo Fujiwara SUKESADA.
The mounting:
The iron tsuba with a silver rim of maru gata form and finely decorated in gold hirazogan to depict worm-eaten leaves and wispy clouds, one side with a signature. The nanako shakudo fuchi decorated in gold and shakudo takazogan with aoi (hollyhock). The tsuka covered in rayskin and wrapped with blue textile. The parcel-gilt shakudo menuki cast in the form of recumbent buffalo. The saya lacquered in lustrous roiro and meticulously inlaid with aogai.
With the original Torokusho registration card.
NAGASA 44.2 cm, SORI 1.2 cm, LENGTH 72 cm (the koshirae)
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.
Yokoyama Sukesada was given the name Heibei at birth and was the son of the Shichibei Jyo Sukesada. He distinguished himself as the doyen of Bizen sword smiths in Shinto period. He devoted himself to restoring the Koto works of his school’s founder Yoso-zaemon-no-jo Sukesada and successfully revived the Bizen-den technique in the Shinto period. He served the Ichijo family, one of the Five Regent Houses of the Fujiwara clan, and received the title Kozuke daijo from the Imperial Court in Kanbun 4 (1664). He died at the age of 89 years in 1721.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related katana by the same swordsmith, dated 17th century, in the British Museum, registration number 1958,0730.143.a-d.
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