Daisho Naoe Shizu & Tegai Kanetoshi
KK033
A well mounted daisho, with two blades from the Nambokucho period. $17,550
Katana: Mumei, attributed to Naoe Shizuu. Shinogizukure, o-sriage, two mekugiana, iroi mune, o-kissaki. Hawatare: 2 Shaku 3 Sun 2 Bu 3 Rin (70.4 cm / 27.7"). Motohaba: 3.09 cm Sakihaba: 2.33 cm Kasane: 6.5 mm. Nie deki, bright well controlled habuchi, gunome midare, suagashi, kinsuji, nado. The boshi gunome, hakikaki, omaru. Itame hada mixed with mokume, jinie and chikei. Masame in the shinogiji. NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon.
Wakizashi: attributed to Tegai, Kaanetoshi 手掻包俊. o-suriage, mumei. Shinogizukure, iroi mune, chu kissaki. Hawatare: 1 Shaku 6 Sun 5 Bu 9.9 Rin (53 cm / 20.86"). Motohaba: 2,53 cm Sakihaba: 1.99 cm Kasane: 5.5 mm. Nie deki suguba komidare, ashi iri. Strong even habuchi, nado. Koiitame hada with mokume mixed in. Masame in the shinogiji. jinie, utsure. The boshi is hakikaki. NBTHK Hozon kanteisho.
The tsuka are an leather tsuka ito over black same. The fuchi-kashira are iro with gold nnnome. Perhaps Nara school due to shallow fuchi. The menuki are soft metal gilt flowers. The slightly oblong tsuba are iron with intact silver nunome, Dai: 8.2 cm x 7.78 cm x 5 mm. Sho: 7.54 cm x 6.99 cm x 4.9 mm. The seppa are shakudo foil. The saya are polished same with iron kojiri, and horn kurikata and koiguchi. The kozuka is iron with a village sceen in takabori, the iron kogai has a dragon in takazogan.
Kaneuji originally worked in the Tegai 手掻 style in Yamato province during the years 1313 - 1315, his works from that time are referred to as Yamato Shizu. At that time he used the Yamato Kane 包. He then studied with Goro Nyudo Masamune, after which he changed his signature to Kaneuji, using the Mino Kane 兼. He is thought by many to be the best of the Masamune Jutetsu, the ten students of Masamune. He established his forge at Mount Shizu and was then known as Shzu Saburo Kaneuji 志津三郎兼氏 His students, Kanetomo 兼友, Kanetsugu 兼次, and Kanenobu 兼信 moved their forge to Mount Naoe, and are known as Naoe Shizu. They are smiths of the Nambokucho period.
The progenator of the Tegai school was Kanenaga 包永. There is some thought, that Kaneuji 包氏 had been one of his students. Of course, this is pure conjecture, as there ae no records of such. His known students are Kanetoshi 包俊, Kanekiyo 包清, Kanetsugu 包次, Kanemitsu 包光, , and second generation 包永 .
$17,550
Naoe Shizu
DUST IN THE KISSAKI NOT DAMAGE
Teigai Kanetoshi
Naoe Shizu Kanteisho
Tegai Kanetoshi Kanteisho
