Fujishiro:
YUKIMITSU KASHÛ [KYÔROKU 1528 KAGA]
SUEKOTÔ CHÛJÔSAKU
He is called Sengorô, and he also produced at Etchigo Kashiwazaki. Izumi [TN: Also pronounced "Sen"] is said to be a place name in Kaga. Hamon is sugu ko-ashi iri.
Signatures: YUKIMITSU
ETCHIGO KUNI JÛNIN YUKIMITSU SAKU SENGORÔ
Plate III: YUKIMITSU
This ha agari nakago end is a distinctive feature of the Kashû works, and is called Kashû Nakago.
From the Mino Gokkaden The kashu school flourished in Kaga province. It was there that a castle town was built by Maeda Toshiie who was one of Oda Nobunaga's retainers. It was in koto times that the fujishima school started to produce swords in this area. The three schools of note from that area was the Darani, the kiyomitsu and the kaga seki. This sword has a very elegant sori and is signed with a 2 character signature of yuki mitsu.The first Yukimitsu is believed to be the son of Tomoshige. The Yukimitsu smiths show strong Soshu characteristics and also that of the Yamato school. Their tradition flourished into the Shinto era. The hada is composed of a masame-nagare with a hint of itame with ji-nie that jumps off the blade. The hamon is an erratic gunome-midare with togare-ba and much activity. The hamon is just layered with sunagashi, kinsuji ashi and yo. The boshi is so incredibly active that one can study this feature for hours, again layered with strands of nie!! The nakago-jiri is especially kashu influenced finished in Iriyama-gata style. The fujishima smiths used this nakago-jiri often as it became known as "kashu nakago". The yukimitsu smiths used this style of nakago most of all from among the kaga group.
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KANTEISHO
KASHÛ YUKIMITSU
SHÔSHIN
Length: 2 shaku, 5 sun, 1 bu
September 8, 2002
NTHK
Mei inscription: YUKIMITSU
Kitae; Masame nagare in itame
Hamon: Gonome midare
Bôshi: Ko-maru, returning with a hint of togari.
Nakago: 2 mekugiana, yasurime kiri
Remarks: Kaga no Kuni, around TENMON