AS26254 Katana: Hizen-no-Kuni Kawachi Daijo Fujiwara Masahiro(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS26254

Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature:
Hizen-no-Kuni Kawachi Daijo Fujiwara Masahiro
肥前国河内大掾藤原正広

Shinto: Jo-saku: Hizen.
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This blade is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among the works of Hizen no Kuni Kawachi Daijo Fujiwara Masahiro.

Habaki: Single-layer gold-covered habaki.
Blade Length: 74.8cm (29.45in)
Curvature: 2.0cm (0.79in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 3.02cm (1.19in)
Sakihaba: 1.86cm (0.73in)
Kasane: 0.56cm (0.22in)
Weight: 705g

Era: Edo period, around the Kanbun era (1661-1673).
Shape: A katana with a relatively wide mihaba and deep curvature.
Jigane: Well-forged ko-itame hada displaying the characteristic Hizen jigane.
Hamon: Nie-deki gunome-midare with rounded peaks and highly active ashi.
The boshi returns in a rounded form.

Features:
Hizen Kawachi Daijō Fujiwara Masahiro was a swordsmith of Hizen Province and a grandson of the first-generation Tadayoshi. He was highly favored by Nabeshima Katsushige, lord of the Nabeshima clan, and produced works in a variety of styles, most notably Sōshū-inspired midare hamon forged in nie-deki.
This blade features a hamon of rounded gunome-midare, while the jigane exhibits the finely forged, tightly knit texture that is characteristic of Hizen swords.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata

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