Excellent, long Shinshinto katana by the Yokoyama smith Yoshikawa Sukeyoshi. Signed 阿州住祐芳 Ashū ju Sukeyoshi. Sukeyoshi was a smith of the Yokoyama school and a student of Sukenaga. NTHK kanteisho. A typical kinnoto daito with very long, 75.15cm nagasa and shallow sori with this kasane.
SUKEYOSHI (祐芳), Keiō (慶応, 1865-1868), Awa – “Ashū Kikkawa Sukeyoshi saku” (阿州吉川祐芳作), “Awa no Kuni-jūnin Kikkawa Rokurō Minamoto Sukeyoshi” (阿波国住人吉川六郎源祐芳), “Ashū Kikkawa Rokurō Minamoto Sukeyoshi” (阿州吉川六郎源祐芳), real name Kikkawa Rokurō (吉川六郎), student of Yokoyama Sukenaga (祐永), notare, chūjō-saku – Markus Sesko
$7,500.00