AS24857 Katana: Hamabe Minryūshi Toshizane A day in the second month of Bunka 8 (1811). (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Ordering Number: AS24857

Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature: Hamabe Minryūshi Toshizane
A day in the second month of Bunka 8 (1811).
浜部眠龍子寿実
文化八年二月日

Shinshinto: Jyo Saku: Inaba
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This blade is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among the works of Hamabe Minryūshi Toshizane.
Habaki: Double gold-foiled habaki.
Blade Length: 69.7 cm (27.44 in).
Curvature: 1.4 cm (0.55 in).
Mekugi Hole: 1.
Width at Base (Motohaba): 3.16 cm (1.24 in).
Width at Yokote: 2.24 cm (0.88 in).
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.77 cm (0.30 in).
Sword Weight: 765 g.
Era: Edo period, Bunka 8 (1811).
Shape: A well-proportioned blade with standard mihaba, slightly deep curvature, and a slightly elongated kissaki, giving it an elegant appearance.
Jigane: Exceptionally well-forged and tightly packed jigane of the finest quality.
Hamon: Beginning in suguha from the hamachi, it transitions into gunome-midare further along the blade, creating an impressive sashikomi-style appearance. The boshi turns back in a rounded form.

Features: Minryūshi Toshizane was the son of Hamabe Toshinori and was also known as Hamabe Gihachirō. Like his father, he served as an official swordsmith to the Ikeda family, lords of the Inaba Domain. He excelled in forging highly artistic hamon, including kobushi-gata choji, kikka choji, sudare-ba, and kikusui-ba. He passed away on December 15, 1846.

Historical Background: The second month of Bunka 8 (March–April 1811) is noted for the Confucian scholar and Chinese poet Hōjō Katei leaving Hayashizaki and relocating to Saga, Kyoto, where he began the reclusive life later recorded in Saga Shōka. Historical records from this period also include biographical materials relating to the Kokugaku scholar Motoori Norinaga, as well as literary and artistic developments. However, no major nationwide historical event is specifically associated with this particular date.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token.
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.

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