Ietada Mumei Katana with Tokubetsu Kicho Certificate. Mounted in Original Koshirae, Well forged blade with active Hamon some minor stains and scuffs, Saya has some areas of lacquer missing on the seam.
IETADA (家忠), 1st gen., Kan´ei (寛永, 1624-1644), Kaga – “Gashū-jū Kichibei no Jō Ietada” (賀州住吉兵衛尉
家忠), “Gashū-jū Fujiwara Ietada” (賀州住藤原家忠), real name Suzaki Kichibei (洲崎吉兵衛, the first name can also
read Yoshibei), he changed his first name later to Shōgen (将監), he lived in Kanazawa (金沢) and died in the first year
of Meiwa (明和, 1764), hako-midare, saka-chōji, notare-gunome, wazamono, chūjō-saku
IETADA (家忠), 2nd gen., Kanbun (寛文, 1661-1673), Kaga – “Gashū-jū Fujiwara Ietada” (賀州住藤原家忠), real
name Suzaki Kichibei (洲崎吉兵衛, the first name can also read Yoshibei), he lived in Kanazawa (金沢) and continued
to work in the style of the 1st gen., he died in the tenth year of Kanbun (1670), chū-saku
IETADA (家忠), 3rd gen., Enpō (延宝, 1673-1681), Kaga – “Kashū-jū Fujiwara Ietada” (加州住藤原家忠), “Kashū-jū
Fujiwara Ietada saku” (加州住藤原家忠作), real name Suzaki Shirōbei (洲崎四郎兵衛), densely forged masame, suguha,
he was the adopted son of the 2nd gen. Ietada and the son of the 1st gen. Iehira (家平), his latest extant blate with a date
signature is from Tenna three (天和, 1683)
