Tachi in Shirasaya

[ Signature ] Tachi-mei:
 (Omote) Sukemura
(Ura): -

[ Size ]: Blade length: 69.8cm (2 shaku 3 sun 3 bu 0 rin) sori: 2.6cm (8 bu 5 rin), moto-Haba: 2.65cm, moto-kasane: 0.56 cm, Haba-saki: 1.80 cm saki-kasane: 0.39cm, mekugi-ana (holes): 2, the weight of the blade: 605 g, shirasaya length: 100cm

[ Province ]: Bizen

[ Characteristics ]:
Form: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune. Mihaba and Kasane are the ordinal. There is koshizori attached very high. Chukissaki. There are bohis on Omote and ura.
Nakago: Suri-age. Yasurimes are Katte-sagari. Saki is kiri. Two holes. There are two characters signature on Hiraji, nakago-saki, Haki-omote side.
Jigane: Itame-hada. Mokume a little mixed . Jinie attached. Chikéi appeared. Utsuri observed very significantly.
Hamon: In mode of Sugu. Ko-Midare and Gunome are mixed. Ashi, kin-suji and sunagashi are appeared. Beautiful nie attached. Ni-ju-ba mixed, a little yubashiri appeared here and there.
Boushi: It's sugu and Komaru. It turns a bit, with saki-hakikake.

Sukemura was a swordsmith who made swords in Bizen in the late Heian period (1184~). Ko-Bizen. The swords are rarely seen with the inscriptions "Sukemura", "Bizen Sukemura", "Bizen Province Sukemura", etc. Known swords include the sword "Bizen Sukemura" (in the collection of the Kyoto National Museum), which is designated an Important Cultural Property, and the sword "Tachi", which is designated an Important Art Object.

[ Highlight ]:
The sword has a deep koshi-zori curvature with a noble appearance, and the deep blue jigane base has a clear reflection, with a straight blade style and small wavy blade pattern with a double blade style, kinsuji and sunagashi. This work is a rare sword with the Sukumura name. It is described in the Important Sword Catalogue as "an excellent example of this work and a good source of information for research on this craftsman".

[ Conditions ]: There are small scratch, at tip of bou-hi, 20 cm above haki Omote of machi, 10 cm above haki ura of machi and in the hi, 17 cm above machi.
The sword, habaki and shirasasaya are maintained excellent in conditions.

[ Attachments ]: Gold tachi habaki (silver plate back inside), shirasaya, shirasaya bag, NBTHK 43rd Juyo Token Certificate(issued on 30th Oct. Heisei 9(1997))

[ Item number ]: A040715
[ Price ] JPY 8.000.000- (delivery, other related charges and insurance are not included in the price)

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