AS22165 Katana：Mumei(judged as Fujiwara Takada)NBTHK Hozon Token)

Katana in Koshirae(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Signature: Mumei(judged as Fujiwara Takada)
無銘 高田

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular
saku)
This sword belongs to jyo saku ranking.
habaki: Silver single Habaki
The blade was polished.
Blade length:67.5cm or 26.57inches.
Sori:0.7cm or 0.27inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi:2.9cm or 1.14inches.
Width at the Kissaki:2.0cm or 0.78inches.
Kasane:0.5cm or 0.19inches.
The weight of the sword:625grams
Era: The Kanbun era, the Edo period
Shape: The blade is slightly narrow and thin with shallow Sori and slightly longer Kissaki.
Kanei shape.
Jigane: Koitamehada is grained well with Jinie. Beautiful surface.
Hamon: Gunomemidare from Hamachi to Yokote. Niedeki Chojimidare.
Special feature: It looks also like Kishu Sekido, but Utsuri is less, so it was judged as
Takada. Takada school had made swords from the Muromachi period, Bizen den works,
but the quality tends to be reduced from the Kanbun era, the Edo period. Many works
before that era are qualified enough to seem sometimes like Ichimonji works.
Koshirae:
Tsuba: Mokko-shaped iron Tsuba. Dragon is engraved with cloth inlay.
Fuchikashira: Shakudo plate, dragon is engraved with gold color.
Saya: Black Inro Kizami Saya.
Menuki: Dragon is engraved with gold color.
Kojiri: Shakudo plate, patterns are engraved.
From Aoi Art: It is Mumei and judged as Takada by the characteristics of Chojimidare. It
is well-made and Koshirae is also nice, we truly recommend them to you.

NBTHK Hozon Token paper
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata