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AOE 青江

AOE 青江. Geographical considerations. The old Kibi region is situated in today’s Okayama Perfecture . The Yoshii-, the Asahi- and the Takahashi river are the mainreason of the location. These rivers carried rich sand iron.

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AOE 青江

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  1. AOE青江 BaudenelleMicha 2010

  2. Geographical considerations The old Kibi region is situated in today’s Okayama Perfecture. The Yoshii-, the Asahi- and the Takahashi river are the mainreason of the location. These rivers carried rich sand iron. Around these 3 rivers one finds the Bizen and the BitchuAoeSchools in the Heian period. Yoshii  Osafune School Asahi  Fukuoka Ichimonji School Takahashi  Aoe School

  3. Historical considerations The Aoe started in the late Heian period. Some sources name Yasutsuguas the founder. There are no swords left by Yasutsugu, so his son Moritsugu is mostly considered the founder. Unlike theBizen School, which wasprosperous until the end of the Muromachi period, the Aoe School ended at the late Nambokucho or early Muromachi period (depends on the source). Unlike the Bizen School, which created sub-schools, the Aoe School did not. Among the Bizen sub-Schools are the Ichimonji, Osafune, and Hatakeda among others.The Aoe School wasvery conservative and did not form into cliques. The names of smiths were handed down for generations (mostly including the ‘tsugu’-kanji) and the workmanship did not change a lot. …

  4. … The workmanship of the Aoe School is very high quality and has been admired since its start. Among the 12 smiths invited to work with Emperor Gotoba (Goban Kaji) 3 werefromthe Bitchu Aoe School. Sadatsugu, Tsunetsugu and Tsuguie, the three sons ofMunetsugu, all belonged to the Ko-Aoe School. At the beginning there’s little difference between the ko-Bizen School and the Aoe School. One can distinguish 3 periods of manufacture: • Ko-AOE (earlyperiod) • Chu-AOE (midperiod) • Sue-AOE (lateperiod) • There are many disagreements concerning these divisions. Regardless which theory one follows, the quality of Aoe blades is consistently good. Most difficulty arises from the fact the Aoe School is very conservative and so marking differences is not easy.

  5. Ko-AOE Late Heian – mid-Kamakura

  6. Ko– AOE School SUGATA • Standard length for that time • Fine form with relatively wide kasane • High shinogi • Koshi-sori • Fumbari • Ko-kissaki

  7. Ko–AOE School JIHADA • Ko-itame with ko-mokume, • Ji-nie with fine chikei • Sumigane • Jifu utsuri • O-hada (less in later period) • CHIRIMEN HADA

  8. Chirimenhada

  9. Ko– AOE School HAMON • Midare on suguha basis • ashi and yo • kumo-no-iwato • muchnie • kinsuji, sunagashi • ha-hada is visible

  10. Ko– AOE School BOSHI • Suguha, midare • Pointed maru • Kaeri • Occasionally Ichimonji boshi or yakizume Ichimonjiboshi

  11. Ko– AOE School NAKAGO • Little sori • Mostly o-sujikai yasurime sometimes kiri • mei - 2 kanji • katana mei (specific for Aoe School)

  12. Chu-AOE Mid-Kamakura – early Nambokucho

  13. Chu– AOE School SUGATA • Tachi, tanto, ko-wakizashi, nagamaki and • naginata • Broad sugata • High shinogi • Less koshi-sori, more torii-sori • Fumbari disappears • Elongated kissaki (but not yet o-kissaki)

  14. Chu–AOE School JIHADA • more variations • Ko-itame with ko-mokume, • Ji-nie with fine chikei • Less sumigane • Jifu and shirake utsuri are less frequent • O-hada is very rare • CHIRIMEN HADA

  15. Chu– AOE School HAMON • Midare on suguha basis • Saka-ashi and saka-choji • Kinsuji, sunagashi • Ko-nie • Ha-hada is still visible

  16. Chu– AOE School BOSHI • Suguha, midare • Pointedmaru • Kaeri • In this period the Aoe-boshi develops AOE boshi

  17. Sue-AOE Mid-Nambokucho – early Muromachi

  18. Sue– AOE School SUGATA • O-tachi, tanto ko-wakizashi, nagamaki and • naginata • Broadform • High shinogi • Torii-sori • O-kissaki

  19. Sue–AOE School JIHADA • Ko-itame with ko-mokume, • Sumigane is getting scarce • Sometimes little shirake utsuri • Harder jigane • CHIRIMEN HADA

  20. Sue– AOE School HAMON • Midare on suguha basis • Saka-choji • Kinsuji, sunagashi • Nioi-guchi became tighter and brighter • Nioi base, this is very specific for Sue-Aoe, other Schools made more Nie (Soshu influence) except for the Aoe School

  21. Sue– AOE School BOSHI • Suguha, midare • Pointedmaru • Kaeri getting longer NAKAGO • Little information (due to suriage)

  22. Inspiredby: *Nihonto bijutsu numbers 4, 25,30 and 31 *BitchuAoe school, Fred Weissberg *Connoisseurs book of Japanese Swords, Nagayama *Nihonto Kozo part II *Swords of the Bizen tradition, Benson & Brockbank

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