AS26548 Wakizashi :Mutsu no Kami Daido (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS26548 (Consignment Sale)

Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Signature: Mutsu no Kami Daido
陸奥守大道

Shinto: Jyo Saku
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This blade is ranked as Jyo Saku among the works of Mutsu no Kami Daido.
Habaki: Single habaki with gold iroe.
Blade Length: 30.1 cm (11.85 in).
Curvature: 0.4 cm (0.16 in).
Mekugi Hole: 2.
Width at Base (Motohaba): 2.76 cm (1.09 in).
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.54 cm (0.21 in).
Sword Weight: 195 g.
Era: Around the Keicho era (1596–1615), Edo period.
Shape: A sun-nobi tanto (elongated tanto) with slight curvature.
Jigane: Beautifully forged, tightly packed jigane.
Hamon: Gunome-midare with rounded peaks.
The boshi has a slightly pointed tip with a turnback.

Features: Daido was a swordsmith associated with the Seki school, and several swordsmiths bearing this name were active from the late Muromachi period to the early Edo period.
Among them was Kanemichi, the founder of the Mishina school.

Koshirae:
Tsuba: A mokko-shaped iron hamidashi tsuba decorated with pine needle motifs in gold and silver iroe.
Fuchikashira: Shibuichi fittings carved with susuki (Japanese pampas grass) and autumn grasses, highlighted with gold iroe.
Saya (Scabbard): A red and black striped saya.
Menuki: Shakudo menuki carved with floral and plant motifs, decorated with gold iroe.
Kozuka: Copper kozuka carved with a human figure and bearing the signature Yasuchika.
Kogatana: Included.
Wari-kogai: Polished shibuichi.

NBTHK Hozon Token.
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.

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