Wakizashi, Shirasaya

[ Signature ] omote : "金髙作"　ura : -

[ Size ] Blade length 30.4cm (1 shaku 0 sun 0 bu 3 rin), sori 0.3cm (9 bu), moto-haba 2.87cm, moto-kasane 0.67cm, mekugi-ana(hole) 1, blade weight 256.5g , shirasaya length 48.6cm

[ Province ] Mino

[ Feature ]
Form : Hira-zukuri. Iori-mune. Both mihaba and kasane are ordinal. Shallow sori attached. Fukura curveture is shallow.
Nakago : Ubu. Saki is iri-yama-gata. Yasurimes are higaki. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada, flow nagare-hada mixed. Jinie attached.
Hamon : Shallow notare, gunomes and ko-gunomes mixed. Ko-ashis and yôs appeared. Ko-nies attached.
Boushi : (omote) it runs in sugu with hakikake. (ura) it runs in sugu, then turns in ô-maru.

[ Highlight ]
A tantô in sun-nobi-tantô form, made during end of Muromachi period. Itame-hada shows some significant apperance. Forging pattern appeared, which twined around notare-midare hamon. Kanetaka was a swordsmith who worked at Mino province, from end of Muromachi through the beginning of Edo period.

[ Conditions ] There are a little scratches around monouchi tip and below habaki.

[ Attachments ]
Habaki (suaka-ji, gold foiled, double), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya and NTHK Shô-shin paper (issued on 7th February Shôwa63(1988))

[ Item number ] A040419 [ Price ] SOLD