AS25774 Wakizashi: Kanemoto with Saidan-mei (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Wakizashi in Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Inscription:
(Orikaeshi-mei, Folded-back signature) Kanemoto 兼元
Golden Inscription:
Kanbun 10 Kanoe-inu Nen 6　Gatsu Kichijitsu (June, 1670)　
寬文拾庚戌歳六月吉日　
Rakuyo Nishidote ni Oite Kore wo Kiru
洛陽於西土手切之
(performed at Nishidote in Kyoto)
Ichijin ni shite Hajime O-kesa, Nochi Futatsu-do
一刃仁而初大袈裟後二筒胴
(With a single stroke, first O-kesa cut, then two torsos cuts)

Habaki: gold-plated single habaki
Blade length: 48.6 cm
Curvature: 0.8 cm
Peg holes: 1
Width at base: 2.35 cm
Width at tip: 12.35 cm
Thickness: 0.58 cm
Sword weight: 430 grams

Era: Muromachi period, circa 15th century

Shape: slightly thin wakizashi with folded back signature
Jigane: Ko-itame hada with partially rough texture
Hamon: Nioi-base Gunome and pointed gunome midare

Features:
The O-kesa is said to be a technique in which the blade cuts diagonally from the left shoulder down toward the right hip, and it is said to be relatively difficult to execute. Futatsu-dō seems to to refers to cutting through two torsos stacked together.　There was Nishidote execution ground in Kyoto in the Edo period.

Koshirae:
Tsuba: Shakudonanako base with openwork carvings.
Menuki: a design of paulownia familycrest
All metal fittings: Shakuonanako base with paulownia and hollyhock family crests.

NBTHK Hozon Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata

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