和泉守国貞

道和銘

刃⻑貮尺参⼨参分半有之

昭和丁未年師⾛

寒⼭誌「花押」

Izumi no Kami Kunisada

Dōwa-mei

Hachō ni-shaku san-sun san-bu han kore ari

Shōwa hinoto-hitsuji shiwasu

Kanzan shirusu + kaō

Izumi no Kami Kunisada

[Bears a] Dōwa-mei

Blade length ~ 70.7 cm

Written by [Satō] Kanzan in December of the hear of the sheep of the Shōwa era (1967) + monogram.

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道和銘ト称サレル軽妙ナル五字ノ草書銘有之親国貞晩年正保頃ノ所作也道和銘ノ作ニ特徴的ナ

地沸ヲ敷キ地景・地斑ヲ頻リニ織成ス肌合ヲ⾒セ候⽽焼刃ハ沸匂深厚ナル中直刃調ニ盛ンニ喰

違刃・⼆重刃・湯⾛・砂流ガ加ハリ帽⼦ガ掃掛ケルナド⼤和気質ガ⽰サレテ此期ノ⼀作域ガ把

握サレ覇気アリテ出来宜矣

刃⻑貮尺参⼨三分半

時在令和三秊⾼秋

探⼭識焉「花押」

Dōwa-mei to shō-sareru keimyō naru goji no sōsho-mei kore ari. Oya-Kunisada bannen Shōhō goro no shosa nari. Dōwa-mei no saku ni tokuchō-teki na ji-nie o shiki chikei, jifu o shikiri ni orinasu hada-ai o mise sōrō shikamo yakiba wa nie-nioi shinkō naru chū-suguha-chō ni sakan ni kuichigai-ba, nijūba, yubashiri, sunagashi ga kuwawari bōshi ga hakikakeru nado Yamato-kishitsu ga shimesarete konogo no issaku’iki ga haaku-sare haki arite deki yoroshii.

Hachō ni-shaku san-sun san-bu han

Jizai Reiwa sannen kōshū

Tanzan kore o shirusu + kaō

Dōwa-mei refers to the fluently executed five-character cursive script signature of Oya-Kunisada, which the smith used in his later years, i.e., around Shōhō (1644–1648). This blade displays ji-nie and features plenty of chikei and jifu interwoven with the forging structure that is typical for the

Dōwa-mei phase of this smith. With the yakiba being a nie-laden chū-suguha with a wide nioiguchi and with much kuichigai-ba, nijūba, yubashiri, and sunagashi, and the bōshi featuring hakikake, we can recognize Yamato characteristics, which reflects one of the known styles of Oya-Kunisada from this time period. The blade is of an ambitious style and of an excellent deki.

Blade length ~ 70.7 cm

Written by Tanzan [Tanobe Michihiro] in the height of fall of Reiwa three (2021) + monogram.