SC0241
It is stated in books that many swords attributed to high level smiths could have been made by their son, student or another good smith from the same school.
Tamestugu is said to be the son of Go Yoshihiro and was adopted by Norishige upon the early demise of his father, Go.
He studied under his father earlier and later with Norishige. His best works are often mistakenly kantei to Norishige and sometimes as Go.
The last photograph depicted the closeness of the work between the teacher and the student in the forging of the Matsukawa haha ( Pine tree bark). The upper photo depicted are of Norishige and the below is that of Tamestugu.
This sword is very robust with a motohabe of 3.22cm and a cutting edge of 67.5cm. Sori: 1.3cm.
His teacher, Norishige's work is featured in lot SC0242.
Price : US$48,000.00