AS21274-Tanto: Mumei (Uda Tomotsugu)

Description

Tanto in Shirasaya with Koshirae.(NBTHK Hozon Token)
Signature : Mumei (Uda Tomotsugu) 無銘(宇多友次)

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular
saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo Jyo Saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki : copper with gold color single habaki.
Blade length : 22.9 cm or 9.02inches.
Sori :0.0cm or 0 inches.
Mekugi :
Width at the hamachi :2.4 cm or 0.945inches.
Kasane : 0.8cm or 0.315inches.
The weight of the sword 190 grams.
Era : Muromachi era Eisho.1504.
Shape : The blade is Ubu nakago with 1 hole rather wide and very thick healthy blade.
Jigane :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach soft feeling texture Utsuri appear upper part of the blade.
Hamon :Konie deki suguha and notare with thick nioikuchi.long kinsuji work. and on the back, middle part to Kissaki area, active long kinsuji work . Bo-shi is thick nioikuchi round shape.
From the front near hamachi, mizu kage utsuri appear.

Special feature:Uda Tomotsugu lasts from the end of the Nanbokucho period to the end of the Muromachi period, but this work has a thick kasane and the Muromachi period.It is considered to be a work per Eisyo era.

Koshirae : Aikuchi Koshirae
Fuchi: black horn.
Kashira: Shakudo Nanao, Kiku flower is engraved with gold color.
Saya :on the ed color saya.family crests are painted by black urushi.
Menuki(Mekugi) : round shape syakudo family crest is engraved.
Kurikata:On the Kurikata, some kiri family crests are engraved with gold color.
Kogai: on the iron, a dragon is engraved by silver plate.

From Aoi Art : The charm of this work is the thick and solid Tanto, and hamachi is also healthy.
It is not a work by black Jigane peculiar to Uda, but a work with a taste reminiscent of So-syu Yukimitsu, such as making a Hamon made of Suguha with a deep scent on bullion reminiscent of a soft rice cake and Kinsuji working actively on In Hamon. is.
Although it is Mumei, it is an attractive work and probably owned high ranking samurai.

NBTHK Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.

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