Wakizashi Tanba no kami Yoshimichi (Osaka 1st generations)
Type - Wakizashi
Certificate - NBTHK
Period – Jōō (1652)
Province - Settsu
Master - Tanba no kami Yoshimichi (Osaka 1st generations)( 丹波守藤原吉道)
Mei: Tanba no kami Yoshimichi (丹波守藤原吉道)
Full length in the mounting (Shirasaya) – 68.2cm
Full length of the strip – 60.9cm
Nagasa – 46.1cm
Motohaba – 2.82cm
Sakihaba – 2.05cm
Motokasane – 0.68cm
Sakikasane – 0.44cm
Sori – 0.9cm
Source and Rating:
W.M. Hawley – 30 - YOS391 ;
Fujishiro - Jo saku, S95
Toko Taikan - ¥4.5M – 750
Yamada family cutting tests - (Ryôwazamono)
Information:
He is the second son of shodai Kyoto Yoshimichi, he is called Mishina Kaneuemon, and he received the title of Tanba no Kami around Shôhô. He was 70 years of age in Kanbun Shichinen (1667). This smith did not inscribe the kiku mon. His works have a jitetsu of ko-itame, hamon is sudareba and kikusui ha.