AS25678 Katana: Ishido Teruhide Saku (NBTHK Hozon Token) :in Tachi Koshirae

Ordering Number: AS25678

Katana in Tachi Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)

Signature: Ishido Teruhide Saku
石堂輝秀作

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This blade is ranked as Jyo Saku among the works of Ishido Teruhide.
Habaki: Single gold iroe habaki.
Blade Length: 66.3 cm (26.10 in).
Curvature: 1.8 cm (0.71 in).
Mekugi Hole: 1.
Width at Base (Motohaba): 3.1 cm (1.22 in).
Width at Yokote: 2.8 cm (1.10 in).
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 1.0 cm (0.39 in).
Sword Weight: 785 g.
Era: Showa period (1926–1989).
Shape: A robust katana with a wide mihaba and substantial kasane.
Jigane: Beautifully refined and well-forged ko-itame hada, displaying an almost muji-hada (featureless) appearance.
Hamon: Gunome-midare.
The boshi forms a rounded tip with a turnback.

Features: Ishido Teruhide was a swordsmith from Omi Province, born in 1900.
His real name was Kikuchi Seiichi.
He was a 10th-generation descendant of the Ishido school, whose ancestors included Ishido Unju Korekazu and Musashi Daijo Korekazu.
Following the Sword Abolishment Edict of 1876, the family turned to forging tools.
During World War II, Teruhide was engaged in the production of military swords.
After the war, he devoted himself to making kanna (Japanese woodworking planes).
He was also renowned as a master craftsman of Japanese plane blades.

Koshirae: Modern Tachi Koshirae.

Historical Background: Wartime Japan.

NBTHK Hozon Token.
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.
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