AS15847 Katana:Mumei (Naoe Shizu)

Ordering number: AS15847
Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature :　Mumei (Naoe Shizu)
無銘（直江志津）

Sayagaki: Shizu Osuriage Mumei
blade length is 1 Shaku 9 Sun 8 Bu.
Written by Dr. Kunzan in Showa Hinoe Tora Nen(Oct 1986) at Kannaduki Kugata Bo.

(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 :　Gold foiled double habaki.
Blade length :　60.2　cm or 23.70 inches.
Sori : 0.6 cm or inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.0 cm or 1.18 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.3 cm or 0.90 inches.
Kasane : 0.6 cm or 0.23 inches.
The weight of the sword: 610 grams.
Era : Nanbokucho period.
Shape : Slightly shorter Katana
Jigane : Ko Itame Hada well grained with Jinie attach.
Hamon : Nie Deki, Gunome Midare with thick Nioikuchi.
There are Manu Kinsuji. Boshi is Midarekomi style.
The Hamon is variety.

Special feature: It is the accepted view that Kaneuji, one of a ten brilliant pupils
of Masamune was the founder of Naoe-Shizu school. Kaneuji worked at Shizu in Mino province.
He and his followers moved to Naoe in the Nambokucho period. Representative swordsmiths
were Kaneuji, Kanetsugu, Kanetomo and Kanenobu but their signed pieces are extremely rare.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.