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The School of Hizen
Tadayoshi
Saga, Hizen, Japan
1598-1871
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20 Years of Study and over 3½ years
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Over 500 Explanatory Images and Oshigata
38 Colour
Photographs
30 Colour Prints including a set of Kuniyoshi prints
9 Colour
Spreadsheets of Data
Over 68,000 words of text
214 Pages crammed
with chronological information about the Tadayoshi
A variety of Japanese art from the
Author's private collection
All the recognized 'Tadayoshi' signatures shown in oshigata form and explained
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died, how many children they had, who their students were, and when they died.
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SCHOOL of
TADAYOSHI
(1598-1871)
TABLE of CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
Foreword
Prologue
Working Dates of the Masters……..…….....…
1
Table of
Contents……………………........…..
2
1. ABOUT THIS BOOK………….…..……..
4
2.
INTRODUCTION………………...………
5
3. HIZEN in the EARLY 1600’s….…..….….
8
4. THE NAKAGO
(Tang)………….…......… 11
5. KANJI used in the MEI…………….....…
13
6. KANJI used in the DATES…………........
17
7.
TITLES…………………………………....
20
8. STANDARD MEI TABLES…………..…
22
9. LINEAGE……………………………..…..
26
10.
DESHI………………………………....…
29
11. DATING CHART…………………….....
32
12. POINTS
SYSTEM………….……...….... 35
13. WAZAMONO………………….…..…....
38
14. TAMESHIGIRI……………………...….
40
15. HOUSES,
TEMPLES & GRAVES….... 46
16. MEI………………………………………
51
Classical Tadayoshi…………..…
52
Classical
Tadahiro……………..…53
Tadayoshi Goji Mei…………..…..54
Tadayoshi Junin Mei…………...…55
Tadayoshi 1/3 &
5/6………….…..56
Tadahiro
1/2 & 2/5…………….….67
17. GENERAL BLADE
FEATURES…..….. 59
Shape………
……………............ 59
Hamon & Hataraki……….……....
60
Nakago & Nakago Jiri…….…..….
64
18. YASURIME……………….…....………..
68
19.
DAI-MEI……………….……….….……..
71
20.
INDIVIDUAL HAMON & BOSHI............74
21. INDIVIDUAL
SMITHS……….....….…... 80
Tadayoshi 1st
.................................. 81
Masahiro 1st
....................................94
Tadayoshi Tosa no
Kami.................100
Tadahiro 2nd ……………........……105
Tadayoshi 3rd
……………...…...….119
Tadayoshi 4th …………….....…….
127
Tadayoshi 5th …………...…..…….
133
Tadayoshi
6th ……….....……..……139
Tadahiro 7th
………….......…..……145
Tadayoshi 8th ……………..........…
149
Tadayoshi 9th ……………..........…
157
Tadayoshi
10th & 11th ....................160
22. GIMEI
(FAKES).........................................163
23. W.M.Hawley’s WORK...............................173
24. HIZEN ASSOCIATED
SMITHS...............179
25. COMMON SPECIFIC FLAWS.................182
26. HORIMONO..............................................186
27. KANTEI......................................................195
28.
CONCLUSION...........................................196
29.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................198
30.
INDEX.........................................................200
Notes.................................................207
Database
Registration......................210
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