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Masamitsu

Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2007-05-14 19:13
正光
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Daruma Masamitsu (1st gen)
IDMAS522
NameMasamitsu
ProvinceYamashiro
Start EraEitoku (1381-1384) ND
End EraMeitoku (1390-1394) ND
Active Period1381-1394
SchoolDaruma
FatherShigemitsu

Source Rating Reference/Page
Hawley40MAS522 
Toko Taikan¥4.5M 583 
FujishiroJo saku K394 
Signatures:
政光
masamitsu
重光
shigemitsu

Recorded works

ID/Name Type Mei Yearsort icon Ref
0000-0622
 		Tanto
正光
masamitsu
NK-2-102
TK583
K394

Signed with large two character mei.

Buddhist name is Ryōami [1]. Around Oei (1394) Masamitsu moved to Mino Hachiya together with his student Kanesada (and according to Cole [1] also with his father, Shigemitsu).

Some sources say he signed Masamune 正宗 later [2][3], but this may be in regards to the second generation, when they moved to Mino.

Made wide katakiriba tanto. Itame, large midare, notare, gunome, suguba. His style resembles Sōshū Hiromitsu.

References

  1. Sho-Shin, Cole, Robert , (1998)
  2. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths, Hawley, W. M. , (1998)
  3. Nihon Toko Jiten, Fujishiro, Matsuo , Volume Koto, (1964)