AS25489 Wakizashi: Motte Nanban Tetsu Echizen Yasutsugu (2nd Generation)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature:
(Aoi-mon) Motte Nanban Tetsu Echizen Yasutsugu (2nd Generation)
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Sayagaki: Echizen Yasutsugu
Signed with Aoi-mon and “I Nanban Tetsu”
Blade length: 1 shaku 3 sun 8 bu 5 rin (approx.)
Written on a summer day in 1956 (Shōwa 31, Hinoe-Saru)
Written by Kanzan.

We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.
This work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among the works of the 2nd Generation Yasutsugu.

Habaki: Gold-plated, double-layered
Blade Length: 41.9 cm / 16.50 in)
Curvature: 0.91 cm / 0.36 in)
Mekugi Hole: 1
Width at Base (Motohaba): 3.42 cm (1.35 in)
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.68 cm (0.27 in)
Sword Weight: 545 g
Era: the early Edo period, Kan’ei era, circa 17th century

Shape: wide and thick blade with Shobu-zukuri style
Jigane: blackish Jigane
Hamon: Nie-base calm Gunome midare with Ashi and Sungashi with thick nioikuchi.

Features: The 2nd-generation Yasutsugu was the eldest son of the 1st generation and succeeded him as an official swordsmith for the Tokugawa shogunate, working in Edo.
This piece is a rare shōbu-zukuri wakizashi among the works of Yasutsugu, notable for its robust and healthy construction.
It is recorded in the Yasutsugu Taikan.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
Aoi Art estimation paper / Whole Oshigata