IKKANSHI TADATSUNA: A RARE IRON KOGATANA

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IKKANSHI TADATSUNA: A RARE IRON KOGATANA By Ikkanshi Tadatsuna (born 1644), signed Awataguchi Omi no Kami Tadatsuna saku Japan, late 17th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The handle worked in yo-sukashi with a blossoming prunus branch, supporting the blade that is incised with the signature Awataguchi Omi no kami TADATSUNA saku [made by Omi no Kami Tadatsuna in Awataguchi]. LENGTH 22.8 cm WEIGHT 50.4 g With a padded wood storage box (tomobako). Awataguchi Omi no kami Tadatsuna, also known as Tadatsuna II, was one of Osaka’s most skilled and popular swordsmiths in the early Edo period. He was born in 1644 as the first son of Tadatsuna I, a famous swordsmith in the early Kamakura period. Together with Tsuda Sukehiro and Inoue Shinkai, he was one of the three ‘Sanketsu’ sword makers of Osaka Shinto. Out of the three Tadatsuna generations he was said to be the most skilled and was well known for this masterful horimono. During the Enpo era (1673-1680) he received the honorable title of Omi no Kami and changed his signature to Ikkanshi Tadatsuna after 1689.

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