AS22068 Katana:Mino Kuni Ju Ujifusa Saku

Ordering number: AS22068
Katana in Shirasaya

Signature :　Mino Kuni Ju Ujifusa Saku
美濃国住氏房作

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku, Jyo saku, and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki:　silver single habaki.
Blade length:69.5 cm or 27.36 inches.
Sori:1.5 cm or 0.59 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi: 3.3 cm or 1.29 inches.
Width at the Kissaki: 2.09 cm or 0.82 inches.
Kasane: 0.86 cm or 0.33 inches.
The weight of the sword:990 grams.
Era: During the War
Shape: Wide and thick blade with moderate Sori
Jigane: Ko Itame Hada well grained with Jinie attach.
Hamon: Nie Dekim Gunome Midare, Ko Gunome Midare, and Togari Gunome Midare Hamon.
In the Ha, there are fine Kinsuji. Boshi is Ichimai and round shape.

Special Feature: Mino Koku Ju Ujifusa was active in the war time.
His surname is Shinoda. He was a student of Watanabe Kanenaga and Kato Jumyo. We guess that he was called Mino Koku Ju Ujifusa, thinking of the lade Muromachi period swordsmith Ujifusa.

From Aoi Art: Most of the swords during the war are not so long(62-65cm) . But this blade is long(69.5cm) and has Ubu-Ba(about 5cm.)

Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata　by Ayaka tsuruta