A Shinto daisho By Omi no Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, dated 1682
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The katana blade of shinogi form, with distinct sori, broad suguba with slight gunome, of nie and nioi with some sunagashi, tight itame-hada; the ubu-nakago with kiri-yasuri and one mekugi-ana, signed and dated Hizen no kuni ju, Omi no Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, Tenna ninen ki harunohi onsono ni oite kore wo tsukuru; the wakizashi blade of shinogi-zukuri form with shallow zori, broad ko-midare-ha of nie and nioi with choji-ashi, tight itame-hada; the ubu-nakago with kiri-yasuri and one mekugi-ana, signed Omi no Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro; both blades in shirasaya with sayagaki by Sato Kanzan, with koshirae: the saya of roiro lacquer; shakudo Hizen tsuba of oval form, carved in relief with simulated European letters among figures, fantastic animals and exotic plants, signed Hirado no ju Kunishige; the kozuka, kogai and fuchi-gashira of shakudo nanako with kiri-mon in gilt takazogan, unsigned. The katana blade 69.9cm (27½in) long; the wakizashi blade 48.5cm (19 1/8in) long. (8).
Footnotes
大： 銘肥前国住近江大掾藤原忠広 於御園作焉
小： 銘近江大掾藤原忠広
附 蝋色塗鞘大小拵 天和2年（1682年）
With NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon papers and copies of Ninteisho papers for both blades.
Published: Hizen-to Taikan, p.282.
The blades are by Omi no Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro, the second Master of the Hizen school. They are known as oniwa-uchi swords, meaning 'quenched in a garden'. They were said to have been quenched in front of the Lord of the Nabeshima clan, at his request.
The sayagaki on the shirasaya is by Sato Kanzan (1907-1978), who was a renowned sword scholar. He authenticated in Showa 35 (1960) that these swords were made by Fujiwara Tadahiro in Tenna 2 (1682), after Rai Kunimitsu, a swordsmith of the late Kamakura period, at the request of the Lord of the Nabeshima clan.
