AS21707 Katana:Chounsai Tsunatoshi

Description

Ordering number: AS21707
Katana in Shirasaya(NBTHK Hozon Paper)(Consignment Sale)

Signature: Chounsai Tsunatoshi
□ei Gannen 8 Gatsu Hi

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku, and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo jyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Habaki: Copper single Habaki.
Blade length:　69.8　cm or 27.48 inches.
Sori : 1.9 cm or 0.74 inches.
Mekugi: 　1
Width at the hamachi: 2.85 cm or 1.12 inches.
Width at the Kissaki: 2.08 cm or 0.81 inches.
Kasane: 2.88 cm or 1.13 inches.
Era: Late Edo period.
Shape: Wide and thick Katana with large Sori.
The Kissaki is long.
Jigane: Ko-Itame Hada well grained with Jinie attach.
It reminds us of Yamashiro clear Jigane.
Hamon : Ko Nie Deki, Choji and Gunome Midare. There are many Ashi.
Boshi is Midarekomi style.

Special feature: Chounsai Tsunatoshi the First forged this katana at Edo in 1846. Born Kato Hachiro in Dewa province, present Yamagata pref. as the Third son of Izumi (No) Kami Kunihide in 1798, learned under Suishinshi Masahide. Kato Tsunahide, known as its excellent Toran-ba hamon was Tsunatoshi’s elder brother. Tsunehide moved to Osaka from Edo and learned under Suzuki Harukuni. After that Tsunahide went to Kyushu Island and forged swords at Kumamoto. Around 1823, he lived a house of the Uesugi family at Azabu in Edo. He passed away in 1863, aged 66. Tsunatoshi’s excellent pupils, from his nephew Ishido Korekazu the seventh down, Koyama Munetsugu, Takahashi Naganobu, Seiryuken Moritoshi, and others formed an influential school in that period that outstripped the Suishinshi school in the sphere of Bizen-den. The Tokugawa shogunate tighten the guard against foreign warships that frequently appeared at that time.

From Aoi Art: This Tsunatoshi’s Hamon looks like Koyama Munetsugu. Generally, Koyama Mumetsugu’s Kissaki Hamon is Midarekomi style. Tsunatoshi’s one is round shape.
This blade is completely opposite from that. The workmanship is so nice. We recommend this Katana for you.

NBTHK Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.