AS25393 Katana: Higo Kami Kuniyasu (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Inscription: Higo Kami Kuniyasu 肥後守国康

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

Habaki: gold-plated double habaki
Blade Length: 76.0cm (29.9in)
Curvature: 1.2cm (0.5in)
Width at Base(Motohaba): 3.3cm (1.3in)
Width at tip(Sakihaba): 2.2cm (0.9in)
Thickness: 0.7cm (0.3in)
Blade Weight: 835g
Era: the early Edo period around Kanbun era.

Shape: long, wide and thick blade with small curveture and long kissaki.
Jigane: Koitame hada with Jinie
Hamon: Nioi base fist-shaped Chojimidare.

Features: Shinto: Owazamono: jyosaku: Settsu
Higo no Kami Kuniyasu, son of the first-generation Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke, is a distinguished master of the Osaka Shintō school. This blade exhibits a kobushi-gata chōji hamon—“fist-shaped chōji”—in the manner of his elder brother, the second-generation Kunisuke.

Koshirae:
Tsuba: big iron tsuba carved with a design of an elephant and a big tree.
Fuchikashira: Shakudo base carved with a dragon
Menuki: a design of Chinese characteres.
Kozuka, Kogai: Shakudo nanako base carved with a chrysanthemums.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
NBTHK Hozon Certificate for Kozuka and Kogai
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata