God of war Japanese Katana Takahashi Yoshimune NBTHK Hozon

God of war Japanese Katana Takahashi Yoshimune NBTHK Hozon

Katana Takahashi_Yoshimune  (living national treasure Takahashi Sadatsugu’s older brother )
Signed Hachiman Daibosatsu Minamoto Yoshimune Saku
Name of the God of War.

Minamoto Yoshimune’s real name was Takahashi Yoshimune.
He was born in Ehime Prefecture in 1897. He is the older brother of Living National Treasure Takahashi Sadatsugu, and studied under Yokoyama Yujo, and later studied under Hemmi Yoshitaka and Enju Kunitoshi.
Yoshimune is one of the 12 swordsmiths with the highest rank of “Divine Works” in the Sacred Swordsmith Rank List (Provisional Rank List of Modern Swordsmiths, 1942), and is a highly skilled swordsmith.
He is ranked as the Saijo Saku and regarded as one of the best Showa swordsmiths in most references. He made many swords for Emperor and Generals and won numerous awards in sword competition including the 1st shinsaku Nihonto Den GrandPrix.

Nakago is extremely well finished and shows Yoshimune attention to detail and pride in this sword,  an exceptional gendai from one of the top smiths of his era.
Hamon is executed with precision,  The hada is a very fine dense mokume with chikei and ji nie.
The Koshirae is a perfect match to the blade, the dragon Tsuba and fittings are high quality made,  the details are wonderful.
Waiting to be embraced by discerning collectors and enthusiasts.

Nagasa     65.1cm
Sori           1.5cm
Showa      period year 1943
Country   Hime Prefecture
NBTHK   Hozon Preserved Sword
Signed     Hachiman Daibosatsu Minamoto Yoshimune Saku
Named    The God of War