AS25655 Wakizashi :Bizen no Kami Minamoto Sukekuni(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS25655

Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature: Bizen no Kami Minamoto Sukekuni
備前守源祐国

Shinto: Wazamono: Chu-Jyo Saku: Settsu Province
(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 Bizen no Kami Minamoto Sukekuni.
Habaki: Single silver-foiled habaki (Ganseki Habaki).
Blade Length: 50.8 cm (20.00 in).
Curvature: 1.0 cm (0.39 in).
Mekugi Hole: 1.
Width at Base (Motohaba): 3.13 cm (1.23 in).
Width at Yokote: 2.16 cm (0.85 in).
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.69 cm (0.27 in).
Sword Weight: 555 g.
Shape: A wakizashi with a slightly wide mihaba and standard kasane.
Jigane: Tightly forged jigane.
Hamon: The nioiguchi is slightly wide, bright, and clear, with sunagashi and kinsuji appearing within the hamon.
The boshi is rounded with a turnback.

Features: Bizen no Kami Minamoto Sukekuni was a swordsmith of the Ishido school, originally from Kii Province.
He was also known as Hanabusa Bizen no Kami Minamoto Sukekuni and was active around the Kanbun era (1661–1673) during the Edo period.
Many of his works feature choji-midare hamon, although he occasionally produced toranba (rolling-wave temper patterns).
The hamon of this blade is exceptionally bright and clear, making it a particularly fine example of his workmanship.

Koshirae:
Tsuba: Silver tsuba carved with a moonlit night and susuki (Japanese pampas grass) motif, decorated with gold iroe.
Menuki: Carved with human figures and decorated with gold iroe.
Fuchikashira: Shakudo nanako fittings carved with a dragon among clouds, decorated with gold iroe.
Saya (Scabbard): Red and black lacquered saya.
The tsunagi is a half-length tsunagi, but it is sufficient to support the saya (scabbard) and tsuka (handle) of the koshirae.

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

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