Nagasone Kotetsu was a Japanese swordmaker of the early Edo period. His father was an armorer who served Ishida Mitsunari, the lord of Sawayama.
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Nagasone Kotetsu, rated as Saijo Ō Wazamono, was one of the most popular swordsmiths in the Edo period. A katana, Nabeshima Kotetsu. (owned by Nabeshima clan)![Katana forged by Nagasone Kotetsu. The letters inlaid with gold on the tang (nakago) indicated that Yamano Kauemon (山野加右衛門), the official executioner of the Tokugawa shogunate and examiner of sword cutting performance, cut the four human torso overlapped.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/%E5%88%80_%E9%8A%98_%E9%95%B7%E6%9B%BD%E7%A5%A2%E8%88%88%E9%87%8C%E5%85%A5%E9%81%93%E4%B9%95%E5%BE%B9%2C_Katana_Nagasone_Kotetsu.jpg/1280px-%E5%88%80_%E9%8A%98_%E9%95%B7%E6%9B%BD%E7%A5%A2%E8%88%88%E9%87%8C%E5%85%A5%E9%81%93%E4%B9%95%E5%BE%B9%2C_Katana_Nagasone_Kotetsu.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Katana forged by Nagasone Kotetsu. The letters inlaid with gold on the tang (nakago) indicated that Yamano Kauemon (山野加右衛門), the official executioner of the Tokugawa shogunate and examiner of sword cutting performance, cut the four human torso overlapped.[1]
A tantō, Hōraisan Kotetsu.
Katana forged by Nagasone Okimasa. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.About this person
Nagasone Kotetsu was a Japanese swordmaker of the early Edo period. His father was an armorer who served Ishida Mitsunari, the lord of Sawayama. However, as Ishida was defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Sekigahara, the Nagasone family and some other craftsmen from Sawayama went to Echizen Province, where they took refuge in Fukui City.
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Lived 1597 to 1678 · aged 81
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