AS26304 Tanto: Kyuko at the age of 77 (1857)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS26304

Katana in Shirasaya(NBTHK 　Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Inscription:
Kyuko 久幸 (Kawai Kyuko 川井久幸)
Nanaju-ni-sai Kore wo Tsukuru 七十二才作之
(made by Kyuko at the age of 77)
Ansei Yon Hinotomi Hachi-gatsu 安政四丁巳八月
(August 1857)

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

Habaki: single bopper habaki
Blade Length: 19.2cm (7.56in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 2.71cm (1.07in)
Kasane: 0.91cm (0.36in)
Weight: 190g

Era: end of Edo period, 1857
Shape: wide, thick and slightly short Tanto
Jigane: fine and packed koitame hada looks plain surface
Hamon: Ko-nie deki suguha with tight and clear Nioikuchi.

Features: Kawai Kyuko was a swordsmith of the late Edo period, born in Tenmei 6 (1786) into the Kawai family, a hatamoto (direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate). He studied under Nakayama Ikkansai Yoshihiro and Shimizu Hisayoshi, a disciple of Hosokawa Masayoshi, and worked as a swordsmith in Koishikawa, Edo.
There are areas of carbon entrapment (sumigomori) visible along the mune and the cutting edge.

NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata

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