[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Mihaba is rather wide. Kasane is ordinal. There is a little difference between moto-haba and saki-haba. Shallow sori attached. Chû-kissaki extended form. There are bô-"hi"s on omote and ura side with maru-dome stops.
Nakago : Suri-age. Machi has been advanced around 2 sun (approx. 6cm). Old yasurimes are sujikais and keshô. New yasurimes are kiri. Saki is shallow kuri-jiri. One out of two holes filled.
Jigane : Ko-itame-hada well grained. Fine jinie attached. Chikei appeared. It is bright.
Hamon : In dô-ran style ô-gunomes, ashi appeared. Nie attached well. Tobiyaki appeared.
Boushi : It runs in sugu. It turns in komaru.

紫檀柄黒蝋色塗鞘脇差拵 : 波兎図目貫(赤銅地容彫金銀色絵)、張果老図鐔(素銅地赤銅覆輪片切彫)、寒山拾得図小柄(真鍮地 銘 : 求久)、小刀(銘 : 金花山藤原兼長)、素文縁頭(銀地)
Shitan-zuka kuro-ro-ioro-nuri-zaya wakizashi koshirae : rabits on the wave(nami-usagi)-zu Menuki (brown copper(shaku-dô), katachi-bori, gold-silver iroe), old hermit (Chô-ka rô)-zu tsuba (copper su-aka plate, red-copper edge cover (shaku-dô fukurin) kata-kiri-bori), Kanzan-Jittoku-zu Kozuka (brass plate, signature : Motohisa "求久"), Kogatana (signature : Kinka-san Fujiwara Kanenaga "金花山藤原兼長"), so-mon Fuchi-gashira (silver plate)

The sword was made by Sesshu Hiroyoshi, who was considered as learning under second generation Sukehiro. It considered that there were two generation of Hiroyoshi, first generation who worked around Enpô, and second generation around Jyôkyô.


Referenced material : "Nihon-to meikan 日本刀銘鑑" ISHII Masakuni, supervised HONMA Kunzan (Yuzankaku publishing), Heisei 15(2003).

[ Highlight ] Invented by the second generation Sukehiro, once dominant dô-ran-bas, this sword shows it beautifully on bright and clear ko-itame-hada jigane. It is proofed that by the kiri-tsuke-mei, signed by Nobuchika, the nakogo has been experienced suriage by the order of Kiyoshige in Kurume clan. Nobuchika learned under Owari sixth generation Nobutaka. Later, he moved to Ô-saka. He became a pupil of OZAKI Suketaka. Then, he changed his name to Masa-no-jyô Sukekane. He also created the swords around Kansei era, signed signature "摂州住信近". OZAKI Suketaka learned Sukehiro's tô-ran-bas swords with personal respectation to him, created the swords during Shin-shinotô period, after deceased of Sukehiro. It was Nobuchika, who learned under Suketaka, made suri-age on this sword. It was interesting that the sword proofed Nobuchika had actually studied Tô-ran-ba of Hiroyoshi, who learned directly under second generation Sukehiro, in hand.

[ Conditions ] Excellent. It can appreciate and preserve with current status.