Taema school

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The area of ​​the Taema School around Katsuragi in Nara Prefecture .

The Taema School - also known as Taima School - ( Jap.当 麻) is a Japanese swordsmith school from the area around Nara . Along with the Senjuin School , Shikkage School , Tegai School and the Hōshō School, it is one of the five branches of the classic Yamato School .

history

The school was named after the Taema Temple ( Taima-dera ) in Katsuragi in Nara Prefecture. The founder of the blacksmith school is said to have been the swordsmith Kuniyuki, who was active towards the end of the 13th century. However, there is already a sword signed Taema (当 麻) from 1248, which suggests that the school existed earlier. The Taema swordsmiths forged swords primarily for the Sōhei warrior monks who lived in the area . The works of the swordsmith school are comparatively rare, which is why the Juyo Index of the Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai - NBTHK for short ( Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords ) only contains 177 swords from the Taema school.

Characteristics

Taema blade with low sugata (curvature).
Typical hardness line of a Taema blade in Suguha with a slightly wavy course.
  • As usual for swords of the Yamato tradition, the sword blades of the Taema school are rather slim and graceful in shape, but with a relatively high blade ridge ( Shinogi ) and broad Shinogi-ji . However, they also show features of the Sōshū tradition .
  • The shape of the blade ( Sugata ) was adapted to the usual shapes for the respective period.
  • Horimono and fullers ( Hi ) are rather rare on Taema blades.
  • The hardness line usually runs evenly and parallel to the cutting edge ( Suguha ), whereby they regularly have a slightly curved, undulating portion ( Midare ).
  • The hardness line of the blade tip ( Boshi ) usually runs parallel to the cutting edge to the back of the blade ( Yakitsume ). In addition, there are also regular undulating lines of hardness in the Boshi ( notary komi ).

Well-known swordsmiths (selection)

  • Arimitsu (Japanese 有光)
  • Aritoshi (Japanese 有利)
  • Kuniyuki (Japanese 國 行), alleged founder of the Taema School.
  • Tomokiyo (Japanese 友 清), son of Kuniyuki.
  • Tomomitsu (Japanese 友 光), son of Tomoyuki.
  • Tomonaga (Japanese 友 長)
  • Tomotsuna (Japanese 友 綱)
  • Toshiyuki (Japanese 俊 行), younger brother of Kuniyuki.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sesko, Markus .: Name of the club Nihonto Germany . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2011, ISBN 978-3-8423-3868-5 , pp. 26 .
  2. ↑ a b Yamato Taima Juyo Token Katana. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Taima | Nihonto Club. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .

literature

  • Kōkan, Nagayama: The connoisseur's book of Japanese swords, p. 159.
  • Sesko, Markus: Genealogies and Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths, p. 33.

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