Katana Shinto signed Hoki no Kami Fujiwara Hirotaka / Echizen
Early Edo (~1655) – Echizen Province
Shimosaka school
Fujishiro Rank: Shinto Chujosaku
Yamada Rank: Wazamono
Beautiful blade in excellent health, ubu and signed, only one mekugi ana.
Quality jigane made in itame / ko-itame, with masame style straight grains in the shinogi-ji.
The nie-deki hamon is a midare gunome, with a deep nioiguchi and sprinkled with ko-nie.
The blade is accompanied by a beautiful koshirae in green tones, composed of an iron tsuba with tsuba motifs (which is quite singular), a Fuchi-kashira kinko pair in shibuichi on a « nature / praying mantis » with gold, silver and shakudo inlays. The menuki are made of copper or gilded brass. As for the saya, it is decorated with an elaborate lacquer in green and black tones.
Dimensions :
Nagasa = 63,9 cm
Sori = 1 cm
Kasane = 0,75 cm
The Shimosaka school was founded by a blacksmith named Ichisaemon Yasutsugu who arrived in Echizen province around the Bunroku era (1592-1595).
He also worked in Edo under the tutelage of Shôgun Tokugawa Iyeyasu around the beginning of the keichô era (1606-1607).
This school was very prolific and mainly influenced by the style of Seki, which is reflected in most of the works produced by its various blacksmiths, and the work of Hirotaka is no exception to the rule.
Hirotaka received the honorary titles Hoki no Daijo and Hoki no Kami as proof of his talent.
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