AS21306 Katana:Hyuga Ju Yoshihide Saku

Ordering number : AS21306
Katana in Shirasaya

Signature :　Hyuga Ju Yoshihide Saku
Showa 57 Nen 2 Gatsu Hi
日向住善秀作

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyosaku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki :　Gold color double habaki.
Blade length :　　74.1cm or 29.17 inches.
Sori :2.0cm or 0.78 inches.
Mekugi : 　1
Width at the hamachi : 3.42cm or 1.34 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.58cm or 1.01 inches.
Kasane : 0.78cm or 0.30 inches.
The weight of the sword:1015 grams.
Era : Modern
Shape : Very large sword. Width is 3.42cm and the weigth is over 1kg. Kissaki is longer.
Jigane : Ko-Itame-Hada Muji style.
Hamon : Nioideki round Gunome-Midare continued from Hamachi until Kissaki. Boshi is round shape.

Special feature: Yoshitoshi is Miyagi prefecture’s sword smith. His real name is Maeda Seiji and borned in Meiji 40th (1907). The sword is very large but was made carefully. The Yasurime is aligned.

Aoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.