AS26153 Katana: Wakasa Kami Minamoto Hiromasa(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS26153(Consignment Sale)

Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature:
Wakasa Kami Minamoto Hiromasa 若狭守源広政

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Wakasa no Kami Minamoto Hiromasa.

Habaki: Double habaki with gold and silver coating.
Blade length: 69.0cm (27.17in)
Curvature: 1.4cm (0.55in)
Mekugi-ana: 1 hole
Width at base (motohaba): 3.21cm (1.26in)
Width at tip (sakihaba): 2.01cm (0.79in)
Thickness (kasane): 0.72cm (0.28in)
Blade weight: 730 grams

Era: the Edo period, circa the late 17th century
Shape: slightly wide and thick blade with small curvature.
Jigane: plain like jigane tightly covered with much Nie.
Hamon: Nie-base dynamic Gunome midare with circle Tobiyaki with thick nioikuchi and much Nie.

Features: Shinto: Wazamono: Chujo Saku: Settsu: Ten’na
Wakasa no Kami Minamoto Hiromasa was a disciple of Tsuda Echizen-no-kami Sukehiro, a leading Osaka Shintō swordsmith. Sukehiro is known as the originator of the tōran-ba (billowing wave temper), and this work, like that of his master, features a finely forged, tightly packed jigane with a large, irregular hamon and tobiyaki, showing a high level of workmanship.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata

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