Wakizashi, Koshirae

[ Signature ] omote : no signature　ura : -

[ Size ]Blade length 54.0cm (1 shaku 7 sun 8 bu 2 rin), sori 1.2cm (3 bu 9 rin), moto-haba base width 3.17cm, moto-kasane base width 0.73cm, saki-haba tip width 2.25cm, saki-kasane tip thickness 0.48cm, 1 hole, sword weight 620g, total length of koshirae 75cm

[ Province ] Harima

[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, width and height average, moto-haba and saki-haba slightly different in width, with the chu-kissaki end extended.
Nakago : Ubu, yasurime are sujikai. Saki is iriyama-gata. With a single mekugi
Jigane : Ko-itame-hada well grained. Lower part has some o-hada texture.
Hamon : Sugu-ha tone. Ko-gunome mixed. Deep nioi and ashis appeared. Ko-nie attached well. Kin-sen and sunagashi appeared.
Boushi : It runs in sugu form. Saki has large haki-kake. It truns in ko-maru shape.

Wakizashi with Ishime-nuri scabbard : Menuki with saddle design (gold coloured painting on shakudo base), Musashino openwork sword guard (iron base), Karakusa with snowflakes (with cloth pattern gold inlay).

[ Highlight ] The blade has a deep, straight blade with a deep n ioi but with ko-gunome and ashi, and a blade pattern with konie, kin-sen and sunagashi.
Nobutoshi was a member of the Kuroda clan, called Seiwemon, and lived in Himeji. The first generation around the Tenna period was signed 'Yamashiro-no-kami Fujiwara Nobutoshi' and the second generation around the Genroku period was signed 'Yamato-no-kami Fujiwara Nobutoshi'.
According to the Kuroda Family History compiled by Kaibara Ekken, a scholar who served the Kuroda family of the Fukuoka domain during the Edo period, the birthplace of the rare military strategist Kuroda Kanbei(Kan-pyo-e) is also said to have been in Himeji.
Although not showy, this Wakizashi is interesting when considering the samurai's preference for swords in the mid-Edo period.

[ Conditions ] There is a prominent area of o-hada around Shinogi-suji (3-5cm above the front machi).The arrangement is such that the mekugi is inserted from the back, and the tip of the mekugi comes to the place where it is hidden at the beginning of the hira-maki of the handle thread on the front. Therefore, the trick is to push the mekugi puller shallowly into the back of the handle thread from the front.

[ Attachments ] Habaki(suaka-ji, gold foiled, single), koshirae bag of koshirae and NBTHK hozon paper (issued on 27th Jan. Heisei 24(2012))

[ Item number ] A020724 [ Price ] JPY 280,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price)

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