Neuwied, Germany, October 18th 2025, Nihonto Club Deutschland
On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the second meeting of the Nihonto Club of the year took place. Unfortunately, I couldn’t attend the first meeting, so I was all the more excited for this one. And what can I say? I wasn’t disappointed; the blades on display were (as always) of the highest quality.
Besides two lectures on various Tsuba, Naomasa from the Naotane school and Higo Jingo Shimizu, we went directly to the Kantei.
Kantei
- Tanto signed „Bishu Osafune Iemori” dated 1399
- Wakizashi signed „Bishu Osafune Morimitsu“, dated August 1417
- Katana, mumei, o-suriage, Juyo-Token „Osafune Yoshikage”
- Sunnobi Tanto signed „Bishu Osafune Motoshige” dated 1362
- Tanto signed „Bishu Osafune Yukimitsu Sukesada” dated 1548
- Tanto signed „Bishu Osafune Sukesada“ dated 1558
- Katana signed „Oite Toto Chojusai Tsunatoshi/Chounsai Koretoshi“, dated „a day in the eighth month Bunkyu one”, 1861
- Katana, Juyo-token, Ishido-Schule, signed „Ou Miyajima Minamoto Nagatada ju Fujiwara Unju Korekazu“, dated August 1864
- Wakizashi hira-zukuri, tokubetsu-hozon-token, signiert „Bizen suke Munetsugu“, dated “bunkyu gannen 12 gatsuhi”, 1861
- Wakizashi signed „Yonezawa-shin Chonsai Tsunatoshi“, dated 1832
- Ko-Wakizashi signed „Yokoyama Kaga no Suke Fujiwara Ason Sukenaga“
- Katana, shinto, Juyo-token Edo-Ishido, signed „Musashi Daijo Korekazu“
- Katana, shinto, Juyo-token, signed „Sakakura Gonoshin Terukane”
- Katana, shinto, Juyo-token, signed „Echigo no kami Kanesada“ (2-nd Generation)
- Katana, shinto, Juyo-token, signed „Kawachi no kami Kunisuke“
Wakizashi signed “Bishu Osafune Morimitsu”, dated August 1417. The blade, in hira-zukuri, is 37.7 cm long and exhibits a slight curve. Itame-hada is mixed with mokume-hada, ji-nie, chikei, and utsuri. The characteristic choji-midare hamon with ashi is tempered in ko-nie deki. The boshi is a midare-komi. There are bo-hi on both sides, the nakago is ubu with one mekugi-ana. Bishu Osafune Morimitsu, along with Yasumitsu, was one of the famous smiths of the Oei-Bizen school. This wakizashi is a prime example of his craftsmanship. It is distinguished by a well-forged jigane with strong ji-nie and chikei, as well as a clear utsuri. This blade has a Tokubetsu-Hozon paper. It’s available for sale, please contact the Nihon Collection if you are interested.
