AS26291 Wakizashi ：Ushu Shonai Ju Naokazu An Auspicious Day in October, Keiō 2, Hinoe-Tora (1866)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) (NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token)

Ordering Number: AS26291

Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) (NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token)

Signature: Ushu Shonai Ju Naokazu
An Auspicious Day in October, Keiō 2, Hinoe-Tora (1866)
羽州荘内住一直
慶應二丙寅十月吉祥日

Shinshinto: Chujo Saku: Uzen
(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 Ushu Shonai Ju Naokazu.
Habaki: Single silver-foiled habaki.
Blade Length: 36.5 cm (14.37 in).
Curvature: 0.8 cm (0.31 in).
Mekugi Hole: 1.
Width at Base (Motohaba): 3.33 cm (1.31 in).
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.77 cm (0.30 in).
Sword Weight: 415 g.
Era: Edo period, dated to an auspicious day in October, 1866.
Shape: A wakizashi with a wide mihaba, thick kasane, and a slight sakizori.
Jigane: Well-forged ko-itame hada with a fine-quality jigane. The grain is clearly visible.
Hamon: Nie-deki with an attractive rounded pattern. The boshi turns back in a rounded form.

Features: Ushu Shonai Ju Naokazu, whose personal name was Sato Hyoshiro, worked in the Shonai domain. His workmanship closely resembles that of Suishinshi Masahide, reflecting the influence of the Shinshinto revival movement.

Aoi Art’s Comment: The inscription “An Auspicious Day in October, Keiō 2, Hinoe-Tora” corresponds to November 1866 in the Gregorian calendar. This was a turbulent period at the end of the Edo era. During the Second Choshu Campaign, large numbers of shogunate troops were stationed in Osaka, causing rice prices to soar. The resulting hardship led to the large-scale Osaka Uchikowashi (urban riots), reflecting the widespread social unrest of the time.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token Certificate.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Token Certificate.
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.

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