Mei: Mume
Nagasa (Length): 19"
Construction: Shinogi-zukuri
Mune: Iori-Mune
Nakago: Ubu
Yasurime: Kiri
Horimono: none
Kitae: Itame
Hamon: Hitatsura
Boshi: Ko maru
TADAKUNI HARIMA NO KAMI [ENPÔ 1673 HIZEN] SHINTÔ JÔSAKU
He is the chakushi of the shodai Tadakuni, he has many blades from around Enpô and Tenna, and as for works which have an engraving of the KIKU MON or the KANI BOTAN, katana are the majority and wakizashi are few. His style resembles that of the shodai.
Signatures: HIZEN JÛ HARIMA NO KAMI FUJIWARA TADAKUNI
HARIMA NO KAMI FUJIWARA TADAKUNI
There are some in which the KIKU MON or KANI BOTAN is inscribed.
TADAKUNI
(Hizen) Tadakuni
Mei: Mume
Nagasa (Length): 19"
Sori: 1.8cm
Width at the ha-machi: 29.8mm
Width at the yokote: 24.0mm
Thickness at the mune-machi: 6.5mm
Construction: Shinogi-zukuri
Mune: Iori-Mune
Nakago: Ubu
Yasurime: Kiri
Kitae: Itame
Hamon: Hitatsura
Boshi: Ko maru
This is an exceptional Tadakuni blade in a full temper. This sword has no flaws. The abundance of hataraki in the hamon is self evident from the pictures. The hada is well forged and elegant. Tadakuni is rated as a JO-SAKU smith in Fujishiro's book and is highly regarded as a fine sword smith. This is one of the most interesting Tadakuni blade that I have seen. This Tadakuni actually looks even better in hand.
