Wakizashi, Shirasaya

[ Signature ] omote : 肥刕大村住源宗國　ura : -

[ Size ] Blade length 55.0cm (1 shaku 8 sun 1 bu 5 rin), sori 1.2cm (3 bu 9 rin), moto-haba 3.43cm, moto-kasane 0.72cm, saki-haba 2.57 cm, saki-kasane 0.58 cm, mekugi-ana(hole) 1, blade weight 715g , shirasaya length 84cm

[ Province ] Hizen

[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Mihaba is wide. Kasane is thick. More or less, sori attached. Chu-kissaki extended form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurimes are gyaku reverse suji-kai. Saki is kuri-jiri. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada. With some changes, jinie attached.
Hamon : Gunome-midare. Nie attached well. Sunagashi, tobi-yaki and yubashiri appeared.
Boushi : It runs in shallow midare-komi form. It turn in round shape. Saki shows haki-kake state.

[ Highlight ] Minamoto Munekuni is considered to be a swordsmith whose book of signatures was lost until recently, and is also considered to be in the lineage of Iyo-no-jo Munetsugu. This sword has a style reminiscent of Satsuma shin-shin-to swords, with a wide body and thick grain, and is a magnificent piece of work. The blade pattern is a well done gunome wavy blade pattern with some yubashiri in places. This piece was included in the book 'Hizen Swords and Sword Guards' (Fukunaga Suiken and Terada Yorisuke, Yuzankaku, 1974 [Sword Section], p. 209) and is a rare and valuable piece.

[ Conditions ] Excellent.

[ Attachments ] Habaki(suaka-ji, gold painted, single), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya, Nihon token hozon-kai paper(issued on 1st Aug. Showa 40(1965)), NBHTK kicho token paper (issued on 1st May Showa 45 (1970)), and Nihon Token Hozon kai paper (issued on 17th Oct. Reiwa 3(2021))

[ Item number ] A041223 [ Price ] JPY 380,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price)

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