AS21248-Katana: Chounsai Emura Saku

Katana in Shirasaya
Signature : Chounsai Emura Saku
長運斉江村作

(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 single habaki.
Blade length : 65.3 cm or 25,71 inches.
Sori :1、3cm or 0.512 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.11cm or 1,224 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.26cm or 0.89 inches.
Kasane :0.755 cm or 0.3 inches.
The weight of the sword 785 grams.
Era : Showa (during war time)
Shape : The blade is wide and thick with small sori and longer kissaki.
Jigane :Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and some part is chikei work
and different Jigane black lines masanagare .
Bo-shi is round shape.
Hamon :Kognome midare suguha hamon with small asha work suguha
hamon and soft habuchi nice feeling.
Bo-shi is round shape.

Special feature:　Emura, the director of Okayama Prison, gave the role of making a
Japanese sword to a person who is seriously working among prisoners and who can be
expected to be rehabilitated, especially among the thugs. At that time, he invited
Nagamitsu, who had been selected for the Army Guntō Encouragement Association in
Okayama Prefecture, to educate prisoners about how to make Guntō, and produced a
large number of swords with Nagamitsu. The difference from Nagamitsu is that Emura
was polished in the prison, so many Emura are polished quite well. On the other hand, if
you look closely at Nagamitsu, the polishing is not done properly. This is my idea and
may be different
It is also a feature that there are many serious works with no variation in the overall
work.
In the Showa era, there are works made near Yasukuni Sword and Minatogawa Shrine,
but the works made in this Okayama Prison are nothing compared to those swords.

From Aoi Art:In my opinion, I have dealt with Nagamitsu and Emura a lot, but
overall I think that Emura’s work is superior to Nagamitsu. It is believed that Emura was
the director of Okayama Prison and that he was polishing those works in the prison.

Guaranteed: genuine
Aoi Art estimation paper:
whole　Oshigata.