shihotsuka
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Katana, Shirasaya
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[ Signature ] omote : 則光 ura : -
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[ Size ] Blade length 72.8cm (2 shaku 4 sun 0 bu 2 rin), sori 3.0cm (9 bu 9 rin), moto-haba 2.89cm, moto-kasane 0.58cm, saki-haba 1.71 cm, saki-kasane 0.34 cm, mekugi-ana(hole) 1, blade weight 648.5g , shirasaya length 101cm |
[ Period ] Muromachi, second half of. |
[ Province ] Kaga |
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[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Both mihaba and kasane are ordinal. There are some differences between moto-haba and saki-haba. HIgh shihogi-suji and deep sori attached. Chu-kissaki form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurimes are katte-sagari. Saki is iri-yama-gata. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada with some changes. Jinie attached.
Hamon : Sugu-ha tone. It has shallow notare, ko-midare and ko-gunome mixed. Nioikuchi is in shimari-gokoro state. Ko-ashi and you appeared.
Boushi : It runs in midare-komi. It turns in ko-maru form.
[ Highlight ] Norimitsu was a Kaga swordsmith of the late Muromachi period. The signatures 'Fujiwara Norimitsu', 'Norimitsu Saku', 'Kashu ju Norimitsu' etc. are dated to Eisho 2.
This piece has a two-character signature, with a deep curvature and a slightly long length of just over 2 shaku 4sun, making it a good looking piece. Itame grain forged surface with a well grained jigane base and itame-hada forged surface, with a straight blade style mixed with small patterns of midare-ba turbulent blades and various changes can be seen in the blade with a tightened nioi-kuchi.
[ Conditions ] There is some minor rust on the habaki-moto and some minor flaws.
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[ Attachments ] Habaki(silber, single), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya and NBTHK hozon paper(issued on 30th July Heisei 13(2001)). |
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[ Item number ] A060524 [ Price ] JPY 430,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price) |