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Mitsusuke

Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2007-05-14 20:13
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Mitsusuke
IDMIT255
ProvinceYamato
EraEiwa (1375-1379) ND
Active Period1375-1379
SchoolSenjuin

Source Rating Reference/Page
Hawley60MIT255 
Toko Taikan¥6M 607 
Signatures:
大和國光夫
yamato kuni mitsusuke

Recorded works

ID/Name Type Mei Yearsort icon Ref
0000-0632
 		Tanto
大和國光夫
yamato kuni mitsusuke
NK-2-137
TK607

Same as Mitsusuke 光佐 (MIT259). Taima group. Son of Toshimitsu 壽光 [1].

References

  1. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths, Hawley, W. M. , (1998)
#1Submitted by kazarena on Wed, 2011-06-22 23:23.

Mitsusuke

A number of sources lists 3 Mitsusuke 光夫:

Tenpuku 天福 (1233) - NMK-932-15, MIT258. Also signed 光佐.
Shōchū 正中 (1324) - NMK-932-16, TK607.
Eiwa 永和 (1375) - NMK-932-17, MIT255, MIT259.

and 1 Mitsusue 光末:

Kagen 嘉元 (1303) - NMK-932-12, MIT278.

There is no Shōchū Mitsusuke in Hawley. Cole lists Shōchū and Eiwa Mitsusuke as 1st and 2nd generations [1]. The kanmuri-otoshi-zukuri tanto which is representative of Mitsusuke seems to be attributed to either generations by different authors.

Also note similarities between 光夫 and 光末. I wonder if it was the same smith?

References

  1. Sho-Shin, Cole, Robert , (1998)