AS25065 Katana:Mumei(Unsigned)(Kashu Kagemitsu, 加州景光)(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS25065

Katana in Shirasaya(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Inscription: Mumei(Unsigned)(Kashu Kagemitsu, 加州景光)

We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.
This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Mumei(Kashu Kagemitsu,).

Habaki: Shakudo
Blade Length: 66.5cm (26.18in)
Curvature: 1.5cm (0.59in)
Width at Base(Motohaba): 3.13cm (1.23in)
Width at tip(Sakihaba): 2.18cm (0.86in)
Thickness: 0.58cm (0.23in)
Blade Weight: 725g
Era: the early Muromachi period
Shape: A wide blade with a thick kasane, slightly short kissaki, and a deep curvature.
Jigane: Well-forged ko-itame hada with a faint utsuri.
Hamon: Nie-deki with small ashi, forming a ko-gunome-midare pattern.

Features: Kagemitsu is well-known in Bizen; however, there were also swordsmiths by the same name in Kaga (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture). During the Nanbokucho Period, two main groups, Tomoshige and Shinkage around the Enbun Era (1356–1361), were active. Kagemitsu is believed to belong to the Shinkage school, with several smiths identified from the Nanbokucho to the Muromachi Period.
This piece has been identified as a work of Kaga Kagemitsu by the museum.

NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata