Wakizashi, Shirasaya

[ Signature ] omote : 備州長船勝光　ura : 永正十二年二月日

[ Size ]Blade length 51.5 cm (1 shaku 6 sun 9 bu 9 rin), curvature 1.8 cm (5 bu 9 rin), base width 3.09 cm, base thickness 0.63 cm, tip width 1.93 cm, tip thickness 0.34 cm, 1 of 2 mekugi holes filled, blade weight 498 g, Total length of white scabbard: 73 cm

[ Province ] Bizen

[ Feature ]
Form : The blade features shinogi-zukuri construction with a curved spine; the body is slightly wide, the thickness is ordinary, the ridge is high, there is a slight difference in width between the base and the tip, the tip has a curvature, and the point is of the medium cutting edge type.
Nakago : The nakago tang is natural; the file marks slope downwards; the tip is rounded; there is a single mekugi hole. There is a slight variation in the pattern.
Jigane : The jigane has itame-hada texture, with some flowing patterns and grain-like inclusions; it exhibits ji-nie and irregular reflections.
Hamon : The hamon is a gunome-midare wavy blade pattern, mixed with chōji and spear-point-like blade patterns, featuring ashi foot and yo leaf patterns, with scattered temper lines and sunagashi.
Boushi : The boushi is irregular, tapering to a point and sweeping back.

[ Highlight ] This piece features a high ridge and a tip that is curved at the tips, with a short tang that flares towards the tip—a form characteristic of late Bizen-period blades. It is thought to have been used as a wakizashi during the Edo period, with the tang slightly lengthened and the blade slightly widened. 1. The surface is well-grained, with a forged surface that blends itame grain and mokume-grain patterns; 2. the hamon features a well-defined, irregular mottled pattern; and 3. the hamon features chōji-ha and pointed-ha, as well as ashi, ha, tobi-yaki and sunagashi. Katsumitsu of the Eishō era was the son of Ukyō-no-suke Katsumitsu and the fifth generation of the family; he was known as Jirōzaemon-no-jo or Jirōzaemon-no-jo, and produced dated works from the Chōkyō to Tenbun periods.

[ Conditions ] Excellent.

[ Attachments ] Habaki(suaka-ji, single), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya and NBTHK hozon paper (issued on 25th June Reiwa 2(2020)).

[ Item number ] A010526 [ Price ] JPY 550,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price)

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