{"id":28427,"date":"2025-09-23T13:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/?post_type=product&p=28427"},"modified":"2025-09-26T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:00:29","slug":"as23483-katanaoshu-sendai-ju-partially-cut-genjiro-kunikanenbthk-hozon-token","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/sword-auction.com\/en\/product\/28427\/as23483-katanaoshu-sendai-ju-partially-cut-genjiro-kunikanenbthk-hozon-token\/","title":{"rendered":"AS23483 Katana:Oshu Sendai ju (partially cut) (Genjir\u014d Kunikane)(NBTHK Hozon Token)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katana: in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)<\/p>\n

Mei (Signature): Oshu Sendai ju (partially cut) (Genjir\u014d Kunikane)
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Shinto: J\u014d-saku: Rikuzen
\nAt our company, we classify workmanship into the categories: Sai-j\u014d saku (supreme), J\u014d-j\u014d saku (excellent), J\u014d-saku (good), and Futsu-saku (ordinary).
\nThis piece is ranked as J\u014d-j\u014d saku for Oshu Sendai ju (Genjir\u014d Kunikane).
\nHabaki: Silver single-piece
\nNagasa (Blade length): 71.1 cm
\nSori (Curvature): 0.8 cm
\nMekugi-ana (Rivet holes): 3
\nMotohaba (Width at base): 2.95 cm
\nSakihaba (Width at tip): 2.03 cm
\nKasane (Thickness): 0.63 cm
\nWeight: 730 g
\nEra: Edo period, around J\u014dky\u014d era (circa 1684)
\nShape:The blade has a slightly wide body with standard thickness and shallow curvature. The kissaki is slightly extended.
\nJigane (Forging):Well-forged masame-hada with ji-nie attached and chikei appearing.
\nHamon (Temper pattern):Nie-deki suguha with well-activated ashi, frequent ha, sunagashi, and kinsuji. The boshi is yakitsume with hakikake.<\/p>\n

Characteristics: Although the blade is suriage and machi-okuri, it retains a normal width and thickness with shallow curvature. It is a well-forged masame-hada, with an active and lively hamon reminiscent of Kunikane Nidai. However, the Token Hakubutsukan (Sword Museum) has attributed it to Genjir\u014d Kunikane. While both the second and third generations used the name Genjir\u014d Kunikane, the style suggests this work is most likely by the third generation.<\/p>\n

Koshirae:
\nTsuba: Iron with sukashi (openwork) design.
\nFuchi-Kashira: Shakud\u014d nanako ground with plant motifs decorated in gold iroe.
\nSaya: Aogai chirashi (scattered mother-of-pearl lacquer).
\nMenuki: Cross-shaped spear and centipede, in gold iroe.<\/p>\n

Comment from Aoi Art: Oshu Sendai ju Kunikane was a master of masame-hada, and from the first generation until the end of the Edo period, the Sendai Kunikane lineage continued to produce masame-hada works. This blade bears the signature \u201cOshu Sendai ju (partially cut) (Genjir\u014d Kunikane)\u201d and is regarded as the work of the third generation. Masame-hada is extremely difficult to produce. Among kot\u014d smiths, Yasuyuki (H\u014dsh\u014d) was famed as the master of masame, and later generations attempted this style with varying success.<\/p>\n

During the Edo period, Kunikane of Sendai studied under Ech\u016b no Kami Masatoshi in Kyoto on the order of Date Masamune, returning to Sendai in Genna 5 (1619). In Kan\u2019ei 3 (1626), he was granted the title Yamashiro Daij\u014d. While one might expect him to adopt the S\u014dsh\u016b-den style of Masatoshi, Kunikane instead revived the Kunika family tradition of Yamato-den H\u014dsh\u014d masame-hada. The first generation passed away in Kanbun 4 (1664) at the age of 73. Genjir\u014d Kunikane, following in his father\u2019s footsteps, continued the Yamato-den tradition rooted in H\u014dsh\u014d. This blade is a representative example, with an appearance reminiscent of older works. The hamon displays deep nioiguchi, forms nij\u016bba, and ends in yakitsume, with soft yet highly active activity along the ha.<\/p>\n

NBTHK Hozon Token
\nAoi Art Certificate: Full Oshigata
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