Harima Daijo Shigetaka
S0155
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Right out of the woodwork, a second generation Harima Daijo Shigetaka. Signed, Echizen Ju Harima Daijo Fujiwara Shigetaka. Shinogizukure, iroi mune, chu kissaki, shallow sori. Hawatare: 2 shaku 5 sun 4 bu 7.66 rin (77.2 cm. or 30.39"). Motohaba: 3.16 cm. Sakihaba: 1.94 cm. Kasane: 7.8 mm. A thick habuchi in ko nie, chu suguba notare, choji midare, ashi iri kinsuji, sunagashi, nado. The jigane is an itame slightly nagare, ji nie. There is a small area of very minor loose forging between 10 cm & 14 cm up from the mach on one side, so slight as to be easily missed. The boshi is omaru with hakikaki. There is some minor staining on the blade, and it should be put into proper polish.
Mounted as a handachi with en suite silver mounts engraved with karakiri bori clouds. Large gilt dragon menuki. Green tsuka ito. Black ishime lacquer saya with some very slight damage. The tsuba is red copper decorated is kei bori and katakiri bori with some silver and gold in honzogan.
His works are closer to the works of the third and fourth Yasutsugu than those of the first generation Shigetaka. He is rated as chujo saku in Fujishiro's Nihon Toko Jiten - Shinto Hen, valued at 3,500,000 yen in Shibata's Toko Taikan, and listed with a double triangle in Nihonto Meikan. According to both Nihon To Meikan and Nihon Toko Jiten - Shinto Hen the second generation Harima Daijo Shigetaka worked in Echizen around Kambun (1658 - 1661). Toko Taikan dates him as Kanei (1624 -1644), but I suspect that this is just a typographical error, as the sugata is clearly a production of Kambun. It was the shodai who worked in Kanei.
small area of very minor loose forging
Echizen Ju Harima Daijo Fujiwara Shigetaka. Nihon Toko Jiten - Shinto Hen.
Toko Taikan -Valuing Swords at 3,500,000 yen.
