Dimensions :
Nagasa : ~ 69 cm
Sori : 1.2 cm
Sakihaba : 20 mm
Motohaba : 32 mm
Nakago : Ubu
Mune : iori-mune
Kissaki : Chūgissaki
Kasane : 7 mm
Certificate – Origami
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken
« Œuvre Extraordinary worthy of preservation »
Description
Katana
Mei : Omote side – 備州住祐高造之 , ura side– 明治三年二月日
Sugata : Shinogi-zurkuri, iorimune, chūgissaki
Kitae : Ko-itame, muji
Hamon : Nioi deki, Yakidashi, chōji-midare
Bōshi : Sugu, ko-maru
Hi/Engraving : Bo-bi, tsure-bi, soe-bi, tsume
Nakago : Ubu, kiri yasurime, ha-gari kurijiri
Koshirae
Style : Uchigatana
Saya : Black lacquered kizami-saya
Tsuba : Ko-kinkō, iroe-zōgan, dragon in clouds and vines motifs
Fushigashira : Shakudō, nanako, seaweeds and shell motifs
Menuki : Shakudō,
Habaki : Shibuichi, ganseki style
Artist and school
Suketaka was a swordsmith active during the end of the Edo period to the early Meiji period. He belonged the the Yokoyama Bizen tradition of the 19th century. This school is known as the shinshintō continuation of the long Bizen-den since the ancient Ko-Bizen tradition of the Heian period.
The founder of the Yokoyama school was Sukehira, who was also the 5th generation Sukesada after Sazaemon Sukesada. His most skillful son Sukenaga succeeded to his father, and later received the title Kaga no Suke. He was the first smith of the Yokoyama tradition to add on his mei : « 56th generation from Tomonori », mention of his lineage with the famous smith, founder of the Ko-Bizen school.