AS20378-DaiSho : Sukenao

Dai Sho :

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Dai: Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper)(Daisho Koshirae: NBTHK Hozon Paper)

Signature : Omi Kami Takagi Ju Sukenao

Fujishiro To-ko jiten:shinto:Jyo Jyo saku:Ryo Wazamono:Settsu.
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku
Jyo saku and regular saku)
This blade belongs to Saijyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Gold foiled single Habaki.
Blade length : 70.7 cm or27.835 inches.
Sori :1.8cm or 0.71 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.24 cm or 1.276 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.18cm or 0.86 inches.
Kasane : 0.68 cm or 0.27 inches.
The weight of the sword 715 grams.
Era : Edo period Expo era.
Shape : The blade is wide and thick with rather deep sori and longer kissaki nice looking shape.
Jigane :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and small chikei work beautiful nice 0-saka texture.
Hamon :nice nie deki with deep nioikuchi with soft habuchi ashi work. In hamon ,there are sunagashi and kinsuji work.
Bo-shi is deep nioikuchi round shape with hakikake and kinsuji work.

Special feature: He was born at Oumi province and called Magotaro .
He moved to Osaka and worked for Sukehiro.Enpo 3 year and got married
with Sukehiro’s sister.He changed his name Enpo 3 year to Oumi Kami
Sukenao.His subjects are Gunome midare and Toranba hamon mainly
like his master Sukehiro.
This blade has wonderful deep nioikuchi gnome midare like do-ranba.
I think this blade beyond his master Sukehiro’s work.

Koshirae :
Saya :black Roiro saya.
Tsuba: Highly carved dragons and waves on a circular shigiuchi plate, and
painted the eyes of the dragon with gold. signature: Biho-do
Menuki: flowers are engraved with shigiuchi plate.
Fuchikashira: on the shibuichi plate, a dragon and clouds are engraved, signature is biyo-do Hiroshima.

From Aoi Art: This Oumi Kami Takagi Jyu Sukeno is excellent work and also Koshirae is all matching Biyo-do fittings.

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Sho : Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper)(Daisho Koshirae: NBTHK Hozon Paper)

Signature : Tsuda Oumi Kami Sukeno
Genroku 5 Nen 8 Gatsuhi.

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku
Jyo saku and regular saku)
This blade belongs to Saijyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Gold foiled single Habaki.
Blade length : 55.9 cm or 22.0 inches.
Sori :1.3 cm or 0.512 inches.
Mekugi : 2
Width at the hamachi : 2.74 cm or 1.08 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.12 cm or 0.835 inches.
Kasane : 0.65 cm or 0.26 inches.
The weight of the sword 470 grams.
Era : Edo period Kenroku era.
Shape: The blade is rather wide and thick longer wakizashi.
Jigane: Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and small chikei work.
Beautiful nice Tosaka jigane.
Hamon :From the hamachi, deep nioikuchi suguha and then deep nioikuchi
Gunome Midare and big o-ginome midare hamon with ashi.
In Hamon, Sunagashi and kinsuji bright and clear.

Special feature: This Tsuda Oumi Kami Sukeno was made at Genroku 5th
August. He made Doranba hamon imitated of his master Sukehiro.
It is a masterpiece sword that is not inferior to Sukehiro.

Koshirae :
Saya :black Roiro saya.
Tsuba :Highly carved dragons and waves on a circular shigiuchi plate, and
painted the eyes of the dragon with gold. signature: Biho-do
Menuki : flowers are engraved with shigiuchi plate.
Fuchikashira: on the shigiuchi plate, a dragon and clouds are engraved, signature is biyo-do Hiroshima.
Kozuka:On the shigiuchi plate, round dragon is engraved with gold color.

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NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper for each sword.
Daisho Koshirae: NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Dai(Katana)

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Sho(Wakizashi)