An 800-year-old signed tachi by Kagehide (景秀)
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Pablo Kuntz, founder of Unique Japan, showcases a rare and precious tachi signed by swordsmith Kagehide from the mid-Kamakura period, circa 1259. Kagehide is the younger brother of Mitsutada and helped found the successful Bizen-Osafune school that prospered for centuries in Bizen province. This sword has been sold and thus this video is for reference purposes only.
There are only eleven signed works of Kagehide known - the most famous being the jûyô- bunkazai (important cultural property) Kuronbogiri that was once owned by warlord Date Masamune in the late 1500s. This tachi is blessed with the classic, dignified shape of the great swords of the Kamakura period. The jihada stands out to the eye, with pools of itame and mokume encasing swirling chikei. A remarkable amount of hataraki featuring kinsuji, tobiyaki, sunagashi fill the ko-gunome and ko-chôji hamon that has been beautifully laden with streams of nie-crystals.
A magnificent set of late Edo period matching tachi-uchigatana-koshirae cloud-dragon fittings crafted by the Umetada school with a Yoshioka school shakudo and gold tsuba exemplifies that this was a tachi owned and cherished by wealthy and prominent members of the samurai elite.
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800 years... Unbelievable...
You hold something in your hand, which someone made so many years/generations ago.
Somehow it is a link through time. Amazing.
Came for the Resident Evil content but will definitely stick around for the thoughtful sword content. The sword truly is beautiful. I enjoyed the binoculars story - a very nice reversal of sorts there, destruction of one object leading to creation of another. Flipping defeat on its head and coming away with a victory. Lots to think about. Very contemplative and inspiring words at the end - words to live by!
Yeah, loved recounting the binoculars story too. Glad you enjoyed the sword and the hidden gems of meaning in art work. We all need to pay more attention or else life just passes by. Dig deep!
Alan wesker with a 800 year old sword🤯🤯🤯🤯.
Holy shit
Very well articulated and elaborated on Pablo, beautiful blades thanks for the interesting & intriguing video.⛩🌅🍀
Always appreciate your feedback Pjv, keep on truckin'.
Simply beautiful! I love the passion you show when describing the swords, it's really very interesting. Wise and deep words at the end, thanks for that great message!
Thanks Jurik, I appreciate this. Live life!
You are the Bob Ross of katana appreciation, sir. This video was a real treat, and I have to watch more, so I can learn more. Many, many thanks!
Gorgeous sword! It's insane how much we can learn from ancient pieces like this. Thank you for sharing these super interesting videos! Have a great day, Pablo :D
Arigato Enku, indeed so much to learn and grab inspiration from. Seize the day!
Awesome video!. If wesker had one of these Jill would be in trouble!
Immediately thought of Sephiroth's sword from Final Fantasy 7 but man it's a beautiful blade alright.
Wesker with a sword?
*YES!!!*
That is a magnificent sword. It's honestly awesome seeing actual historical artifacts like this.
Thanks Roy, there is something magical about the swords, especially certain pieces like this one.
damn WHAT. An 800 YEAR OLD TACHI??? and SIGNED???? This is so impressive, that even if I had the money to spend to buy and keep it in good condition, I don't know if I'd have THE RIGHT to hold it
Not only that, it was made by the brother of the founder of the Bizen Osafune school of smithing, and also a member of that school. If you know swordsmithing traditions, Bizen Osafune is one of the legendary schools like Ichimonji. He was also the smith who forged one of Date Masamune's legendary swords, Kuronbogiri.
OG Wesker and Japanese Swords. What more could you ask for?
i love tachi so much,i love that sori,beautiful koshirae
inspirational as always. Thank you Pablo!
One day I'll buy one of these from you. What a dream to work with such beautiful and ancient swords. The historian in me is 😍 right now
One day, yes, you will love and appreciate the responsibility. Will find a good piece for you.
The hamon looks amazing
WoW WoW and WOW !!!!!
beautiful blade ..outstanding koshirae.... the hamon is amazing ..leans towards an Ichimonji blossom pedal but tighter style eh ?.. my favourite period of sword making. I'm in love with Bizen blades.I collect and sell myself.
One of my prized possessions ?
One of Nakayama Hakudos personal katana used before the emperor in a black and white video at a cutting display during a kendo showing.
Smart kid leaving you with the monocular
When you get older and your eyes fade a bit this tool will keep you fresh in quality check.
good for picking up the detail in the steel.
Amazing looking blade! Of course it sold really quick. Thanks Pablo for sharing and please continue to do so.
Thanks, will do!
I love the catalogues you put out there! Although i cant afford any nihonto i have read all of them. Thanks for sharing all the beautiful photos.
貴方様は日本刀剣の持つ魅力を享受されて居りますね、素晴らしい事です。どうぞよろしくその御刀を大切にして下さいませ。
Fascinating piece, thank you for sharing
All my pleasure, thank you watching MP.
that sword is stunning Pablo
i would love to have a real japenese sword , iv always loved them from watching old 90s anime series like Kenshin
Magnificent art object and piece of history. Very nice display of a sword for viewers. Keep up a good work.
You could draw that out from the saya in obi, very rapidly. Such tramendous swords I'd never get the chance to.
Thank you so much for charing this pease of history. It reminds me about: The World Belongs to the Courageous and Brave.
Nice one Martin, thank you.
Always learn so much watching your videos. As always the presentation and delivery is on point
Thanks Scotsman, much appreciated.
Awesome looking sword!
13:04 is the exact moment when Koshirae became Kosher Dye
Very interesting. I saw the video about polishing swords with you in it last night. Can you recommend a similar video on the making of the raw (i.e. pre-polishing) blade? tks!
beautiful sword and koshirae. I am designing a daisho for myself and will use the koshirae here as inspiration.
The Samurai Edge lol
That saya OMG
I love oriental mythlogy so mutch.
Give Lexonal a good katana so he can slice up some zombies!
i want a suguha ubu tachi SO bad
A lovely piece, and I really enjoy the little snippets of philosophy in these videos, you always learn something. But can I ask, being as you're a pretty big noise in that area now, have you ever been approached by museum curators? I'd imagine something as historically significant as this would be of interest to preservation societies/museums in Japan, & if so, is that an area you'd be interested in? Just a thought that struck me, being as these are historical artifacts as well as works of art. Great video
Thanks Emma. Not so many museums have approached, the British museum does have many swords but I don't think they are adding so many these days. We work with the main sword museum in Japan for sword assessment/judgement services on a regular basis.
@@PabloKuntz that's so great, I'm glad your working with the national establishments to help keep them in their native country. I'm not a big fan of the British Museum, (being a Greek resident, for obvious reasons) so to hear you're doing your part to be responsible for these artifacts is really pleasing to hear!
I have a Koto blade that’s 80cm in blade length still after it was shortened so it must’ve been like 90 centimeters long originally and it has a deep Sori but I don’t know what it is exactly because it‘s mumei and it also wasn’t appraised or atleast i don’t have any documents for it but as far as my research goes it must be something between Kamakura and Muromachi period but definitely koto, i also saw a Kamakura period blade in Kyōto today that looks very similar to mine so that might be a clue.
We need more nihonto videos!!!!!!
What’s a sword like that valued ?
How might I identify a reproduction sword that would be appropriate to the late 15th century? 1450-1500? I’m a student of HEMA, focusing on 15th century German, and I have an interest in obtaining examples of swords that were used by other cultures with warrior classes at the time.
Hey Paulo, I have gotten into Japanese swords for half a year now, especially in katana and wakizashi. With that, there is an early edo period katana for sale which really resonated with me, but I wanted to make sure I can do my best to respect it and care for it before I buy it, thus I researched about how to maintain a katana. The mainstream way I see is applying the uchiko powder, wiping the old oil, then apply new oil. However, I came across some less popular videos with 100 ish views saying that by applying the uchiko powder, we are actually wiping away thin layers of steel and damaging the sword, and now that museums have all stopped using the powder to clean the old oil, and simply using micro fibre cloth to wipe the old oil away and applying new oil. What do you think of this and how do you personally maintain your swords? Also, if I were to purchase the katana, since it is an old sword, I am not going to cut with it, and just simply store it or display in the shirasaya, how often should I oil it (I live in Vancouver, Canada so a humid place)? Thank you for your time.
You should do brazilian jiu jitsu. You live in london like me so there are a bunch of great schools. Try one lesson. It will change your life.
How do Japanese swords this old still look so good, whereas European swords from the middle ages are all brittle and rusted?
You should took more beauty shots with differnt lenses and softbox soft light and learn to use macro lenses. It will show the beauty of the swords 1000 times better thand this setup. 🤷♂️
Really doubt the age of this. Seems made from one of many websides selling these.
It's the age of the blade when I refer to 800 years. The scabbard (saya) is from late Edo period, early 1800s approximately. Hope this helps.
@@PabloKuntz How do you know?
@@per-bjarnemikalsen3996here are various ways to tell the age of the blade. Even without NBTHK papers. Ask il can explain. Definitely not what you said. I can tell by just looking at it.