AS20450 Katana:Minamoto Amahide Kitae Kore

Description

Ordering number: AS20450
Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae

Signature: Minamoto Amahide Kitae Kore

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo-saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Single copper Habaki.
Blade length :64.2 cm or 25.27 inches.
Sori : 1.6cm or 0.62 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.01cm or 1.18 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.18 cm or 0.85 inches.
Kasane : 0.8 cm or 0.31 inches.
The weight of the sword 750 grams.
Era : Syowa period. war time.
Shape : The sword still has abour 3cm of Ubuha.
Wide and thick, deep Sori and longer Kissaki.
Very healthy blade.
Jigane :Ko-Itame Hada well grained, Jinie attached. Chikei worked.
Hamon : Niedeki Suguha with Notare. Boshi is round shape.

Special feature: From the Jigane and Hamon, we can say this sword was made during the was. The quality is very nice but
unfortunately, we do not know this sword smith and also
we can not find his name on swordsmith dictionary. We
think he was a sword smith worked only during wartime.

Koshirae : Japanese imperial navy officers sword fittings.
The condition is very good

From Aoi Art: There are many sword smiths make swords only during war time. This sword was made for Navi officer. The mounting is very gorgeous so the owner must was a high ranking officer. Most of the Navy soldiers have died with the ship, so unlike the Army, there are quite a few ileft in the Navy’s Guntō. There are few such healthy Navy Guntō, We recommend this item.

Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.
*Please note: The price does not include shipping fees.


Winning Bid: ¥350,000

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Highest bidder was : ianjlalexander

ianjlalexander
2022/07/05 (Tue) 03:41
¥350,000
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2022/06/28 (Tue) 09:55

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