Katana, Shirasaya, Koshirae

[ Signature ] omote : "(菊紋)一　横山加賀介門　周防國住永弘作"　ura : "千秋万歳　彫物同作"

[ Size ] Blade length 68.0cm (2 shaku 2 sun 4 bu 4 rin), sori 1.8cm (5 bu 9 rin), moto-haba 3.02cm, moto-kasane 0.73cm, saki-haba 1.93 cm, saki-kasane 0.38 cm, mekugi-ana(hole) 1, blade weight 651g , shirasaya length 98cm

[ Province ] Suô

[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Mihaba is ordinal. Kasane is relatively thick. Moderate sori attached. Chû-kissaki form.
Nakago : Ubu. Saki is kuri-jiri. Yasurimes are kiri. It changes to very shallow katte-sagari (toward the end of nakago). One hole.
Horimono : Bô-"hi"s, with square stop. (omote) Taki-fudô. (ura) Tama-oi- shô-ryû relief.
Jigane : Ko-itame-hada well grained. Rich jinie attached. Chikei appeared at bottom in ô-hada surface.
Hamon : Gunome-midare. Wide yaki-haba. Ko-nie attached well. Chô-ji ashis appeared. Yu-bashiri, kin-sen, sunagashi and haki-kake appeared as well. It shows many changes. Nioi-kuchi is clear.
Boushi : It runs in sugu, shallow notare mixed. Kin-suji and sunagashi appeared. Saki is hakikake. It turns in komaru.

Aogai-chirashi-nuri uchi-gatana koshirae ; tsuba : design of carp fish(iron, signature "長州萩住周光"), menuki : design of lilyturf (Ophiopogon jaburan (Siebold) Lodd) (shakudô, katachi-bori), fuchi-gashira : design of seaweed and shellfish(shakudô-ji, taka-bori, kin-iroe)
青貝散塗鞘打刀拵 : 鯉魚図鐔(鉄地 銘 長州萩住周光)、熨斗蘭図目貫(赤銅容彫)、藻貝図縁頭(赤銅地高彫金色絵)

[ Highlight ]
Nagahiro had his name FUJITA Tokujirô. He learned swords creation under YOKOYAMA Sukenaga at Bizen Osafune. He lived and created his swords at Suô province. He was called Shin-ryû-shi "眞龍子". At the beginning, he started his carrier at Hagi, Chô-shû province. Then, around Genji "元治" 1(1864) he moved to Yamaguchi, Subô province. His remaining swords can be found from around Man-en "万延" 1 (1860) through Meiji "明治" 5(1860). In this short period, he tried to achieve several styles. It seemed that he wanted to establish his own style. He tried to show Ko-tô Norishige or Shin-tô Hankei in this sword. On very fine ko-itame-hada, he tempered nie-deki hamon which showed his uninhibited activities . Nice form sword with bright hamon. His sword with scripture is rare so that it is one of high light taki-fudô and tama-oi-shô-ryû carefully made relief which is well harmonized with the finish of blade. It is a long signature as if declaring the school member of "YOKOYAMA Kaganosuke", with character "一" and chrysanthemum crest kiku-mon "菊紋". As a memorial sword of Nagahiro, it should be cared and expected hand over to future generations.

[ Conditions ] La lame et le koshirae conservent d'excellentes conditions.

[ Attachments ]
Habaki (suaka-ji, gold, double), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya, koshirae and bag of koshirae. This sword is mentioned o the book "新々刀大鑑 巻之一" ( by IIMURA Kashô), page 271.

[ Item number ] A010319 [ Price ] JPY 2,500,000 (shipping and insurance fee are not included)