Japanese sword Touken Komachi, Wakizashi, Shirasaya Signed as Kobayashi Ise no kami Kuniteru

Touken Komachi

Wakizashi, Shirasaya

Signed as Kobayashi Ise no kami Kuniteru

[ Signature ] omote : "小林伊勢守国輝"　　ura : "寛文十二年八月日"

[ Size ] Blade length 45.0cm (1 shaku 4 sun 8 bu 5 rin), sori 1.2cm (6 bu 6 rin), moto-haba 2.88cm, moto-kasane 0.58cm, saki-haba 2.13 cm, saki-kasane 0.49 cm, mekugi-ana(hole) 1, blade weight 491.5g , shirasaya length 73cm

[ Period ] Edo, around Enpô "延宝"

[ Province ] Echizen

[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Both mihaba and kasane are ordinal. High sori attached. Chu-kissaki form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurimes are suji-kais. Saki is ha-agari, kuri-jiri. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada with some changes. Jinie attached. It has some black coulour.
Hamon : Ko-nie based, with gunome-midare. Midare-bas in ko-moyo pattern mixed. Ko-ashis and ha and sunagashis appeared.
Boushi : It runs in midare-komi. Saki turns in ko-maru form.

[ Highlight ] This work is inscribed on the front "Kobayashi Ise no Kuniteru" and on the back "August, Kanbun 12", but from the inscription it appears to be a later inscription. The sword is thought to have been made by the Echizen Shimosaka School, based on the blackish Hokuriku jigane iron. The surface of the blade is itame with changes, and the blade pattern is alternating with ko-nies. It has a lovely wild flavour.

[ Conditions ] Excellent.

[ Attachments ] Habaki(suaka-ji, upper part gold foiled, double), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya and Kurashiki paper "倉敷刀剣美術館鑑定書"(issued on 30th April Reiwa 3(2021))

[ Item number ] A040821 [ Price ] JPY 180,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included)

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