AS22558 Katana:Mumei (Uda Hirakuni)(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Ordering number: AS22558
Katana in Koshirae(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Signature :Mumei (Uda Hirakuni)
無銘(宇多平国)

Sue koto: cyujyo saku: Eccyu.
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo Jyo saku ranking.
habaki: silver single Habaki
The blade is polished.
Blade length:70.0cm or 27.56inches.
Sori:1.2cm or 0.472inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi:2.89cm or 1.138 inches.
Width at the Kissaki:2.05cm or 0.8071inches.
Kasane:0.64cm or 0.252inches.
The weight of the sword：760grams
Era: Murimachi Bunki ara 1501
Shape: Mihaba spreads, Kasane is thick, Sori is deep, and Kissaki is slightly extended.
Jigane: The deep Gunome midare of Nioikuchi is mixed with the normal Gunime midare to create a Bo-shi and Sansaku style.
Hamon: The texture is well kneaded and Shirke Utsuri appears.

Special feature: Uda Kunihira has been produced by Kouda through the Kamakura period, the Nanbokucyo era, and the Muromachi period. This work, which has been appraised by Uda hirakuni, is a work made by a swordsmith in Bunki area around 1501.

Koshirae:
Saya: Make a light dent on the top and bottom of Black roiro saya
Tsuba: It is a work that puts Sukashi in a work that puts some design in a circular Iron Tsuba.
Menuki: Shakudo plate. Chrysanthemum is engraved with gold color.
Fuchikashira: On the syakudo plate, the design of the peony flower is engraved with high-quality gold.

From Aoi Art: Mumei (Uda Hirakuni) has a well-kneaded black color jigane, with Utsuri applied to it, and the blade crest expresses Nioikuchi’s deep and turbulent sauce. Although there are some small Kizu, it is a work that is more than 500 years old and I would definitely recommend it.

NBTHK Hozon Token paper
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata by Ayaka Tsuruta
translated by Kazushige Tsuruta