AS26244 (Consignment Sale) Tanto: Mumei (Unsigned)(Sue-Mihara)(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS26244 (Consignment Sale)

Tanto: Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Signature: Mumei (Unsigned)(Sue-Mihara)
無銘(末三原)

We classify swords into Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku, and Regular Saku based on the swordsmith’s skill.
Among unsigned Sue-Mihara works, this piece is ranked as Jyo Saku.
Habaki:Copper
Blade Length: 21.0 cm (8.27 in)
Curvature: 0.0 cm (0.0 in)
Mekugi Hole: 1
Width at Base (Motohaba): 2.42 cm (0.95 in)
Thickness (Kasane): 0.60 cm (0.24 in)
Sword Weight: g
Era: Around the mid Muromachi period.
Shape: A double-edged blade (moroha-zukuri), a form that was also in fashion in Bizen during the same period.
Jigane: A soft ko-itame hada in which utsuri appears.
Hamon: Suguha temper line in ko-nie deki. The boshi is slightly pointed and turns back.

Features: The Sue-Mihara is a group of swordsmiths whose lineage continues from the Kamakura period. Its early smiths are called Ko-Mihara, those of the Muromachi period are called Mihara, and those of the late Muromachi period are called Sue-Mihara.

Koshirae:
Tsuba: A suaka (pure copper) tsuba with a polished ground; the rim is bordered with shakudo.
Fuchikashira: A suaka (pure copper) ground carved with a design.
Saya: A scabbard finished with twisted brown and black.
Menuki: Carved with a carp and a human figure, decorated in gold iroe (gold coloring).
Kozuka & Kogatana: Made of bamboo.
Bashin (horse needle): Made of bamboo.
Kojiri: A design rendered in gold on an iron ground.

Aoi Art’s Comment: In the era when this piece was made, double-edged tanto of this kind were in fashion.
Against the backdrop of a harsh age of continuous warfare, a blade was required to reliably inflict damage on the opponent in actual combat, and it is thought that this sharp, double-edged form was born from that need.
Gazing at this work while reflecting on the battles of those days, one is again struck by its power and functional beauty.

NBTHK Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata
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