{"id":25825,"date":"2022-03-09T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/?p=25825"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:48:22","slug":"omi-no-daijyo-fujiwara-tadahiro%e8%bf%91%e6%b1%9f%e5%a4%a7%e6%8e%be%e8%97%a4%e5%8e%9f%e5%bf%a0%e5%ba%83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/omi-no-daijyo-fujiwara-tadahiro%e8%bf%91%e6%b1%9f%e5%a4%a7%e6%8e%be%e8%97%a4%e5%8e%9f%e5%bf%a0%e5%ba%83\/","title":{"rendered":"Omi no Daijyo Fujiwara Tadahiro<br>\u8fd1\u6c5f\u5927\u63be\u85e4\u539f\u5fe0\u5e83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hello, world. Welcome to Samurai Museum Shop. Thank you for finding our website. In this post, we would like to introduce one of the prominent Japanese swordsmiths. We hope you will enjoy reading this post.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Omi no Daijyo Fujiwara Tadahiro(\u8fd1\u6c5f\u5927\u63be\u85e4\u539f\u5fe0\u5e83) was the first son of the first-gen Tadayoshi. It is said that Tadahiro was active in sword-forging during <strong>1624-1688<\/strong> (Early Edo Period). <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Tadayoshi(Father) is one of the most famous swordsmiths in the early Edo period and made Hizeon province(today\u2019s Fukuoka prefecture) a prominent sword-forging place back then. Tadahiro learned sword-forging techniques under his father\u2019s supervision until Tadayoshi died in 1632 (9th year of the Kan-Ei era).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Tadahiro took over the school his father ran when he was only 19 years old, and he started to make a sword in the same year. This fact indicates that he was excellent at making swords, and the apprentices of his father(Tadayoshi) supported him to run the school. Tadahiro received the title of Omi Daijyo in 1641 (the sixth year of the Genroku era). He kept forging swords for almost 60 years for the Nabeshima clan, strong feudal lords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4474 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/hizen_OCMOJ_0802.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"289\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4474 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hizen_JMAP_0709.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"290\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Tadahiro died at the age of 81 in 1693 and left a large number of excellent swords before his decease. He had many famous apprentices, such as the third-gen Mutsu Daijyo Tadayoshi, Harima Daijyo Tadakuni, and Kawachi Daijyo Masahiro. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fujiwara Tadahiro and other swordsmiths in the Hizen province worked under the auspices of Nabeshima clan. The swordsmiths in Hizen province were able to produce beautiful Jigane-patterned blades, also known as Hizen To, using and mixing carbon steel made in Netherland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Most of Tadahiro\u2019s work has Hamon types of Suguha (straight tempering line) and Chojimidare (irregular wavy tempering line). Swords forged by Tadahiro are also famous among Japanese sword collectors because of his exquisite craftsmanship and history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoyed reading this post. If you are interested in checking his work, we happen to acquire an\u00a0<a title=\"Antique Japanese Sword Wakizashi Signed by Gassan Sadakazu NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/product\/antique-japanese-sword-katana-signed-by-omi-daijo-fujiwara-tadahiro-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-certificate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>antique Katana<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>signed by him. More information is available by clicking the image below.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Antique Japanese Sword Wakizashi Signed by Tadahiro NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/product\/antique-japanese-sword-katana-signed-by-omi-daijo-fujiwara-tadahiro-nbthk-tokubetsu-hozon-certificate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4474 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/toushin1-3-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, world. Welcome to Samurai Museum Shop. Thank you for finding our website. 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