Description
Ordering number: AS21578
Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae.(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
Signature: Mumei (Omiya)
無銘(大宮)
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku, and regular
saku)
This sword belongs to the Saijyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki: Gold foiled double habaki.
Blade length:71.3cm or 28.07inches.
Sori:1.8cm or 0.70inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi:2.81cm or 1.10inches.
Width at the Kissaki:2.03cm or 0.79inches.
Kasane:0.675 cm or 0.26inches.
The weight of the sword:705grams.
Era: The Nambokucho period, Joji era. Around 1362.
Shape: Osuriage-Mumei, the blade is normally thick and broad, has deep Sori to be O-Kissaki, well-balanced shape.
Jigane: Koitame-hada mixed with Mokume-hada, Jinie attached, the surface is beautiful and Utsuri appears.
Shinogiji: Itame-hada mixed with Mokume-hada to be like Masa.
Hamon: Koniedeki, Choji-midare works in the way of Shimari-gokoro, Ha works in
Koashi brightly to be uneven Hamon.
Boshi: It is Midarekomi style and the tip turns back in a small circle.
Special feature: Bizen Omiya school was thought to be the swordsmith group which moved to Bizen From Enso Kuni Inokuma Omiya and the works of them were supposed to be the ones with the long signature of Bishu Osafune Morikage, however, it is found by the recent research that rather Chikakage or Yoshikage, a collateral family of Osafune school, should be Omiya Kaji. The conventional theory is now questioned and we are longing for further obvious researches.
Koshirae:
Tsuba: Round-shaped iron Tsuba, lotus leaves are engraved with gold and openworks.
Fuchikashira: Shakudo-Nanako plate, waves are engraved with gold color.
Saya: Kuro-ishimeji Saya, family crest and patterns are painted by Japanese black
lacquer.
Menuki: Birds are engraved with gold color.
From Aoi Art: This Mumei Omiya has a well-balanced blade and beautiful Jigane with Utsuri, its Hamon is elegant Choji-midare in a healthy condition: it must have been preserved for a long time. Saya has patterns like tiger skin and its color is caramel brown: it was perhaps made around the early Meiji period. There are no flaws or defects in the blade and the koshirae is also very nice. Menuki is supposed to be gold-painting, not pure gold, but engraved really well. We truly recommend this piece of art for you. Additionally, this sword has no Bohi on the blade, so we can appreciate the Jigane on Shinogiji closely. Please enjoy the Jigane of Shinogiji made in Nambokucho period. (It became common to make Shinogiji with Masame from the Muromachi period.)
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.
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