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Katana, Shirasaya, Koshirae
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Bizen no kami Minamoto Sukekuni
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[ Signature ] omote : 備前守源祐国 ura : -
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[ Size ] Blade length 71.1cm (2 shaku 3 sun 4 min 6 rin), warp 1.2cm (3 min 9 rin), moto haba width 3.30cm, moto-kasane thickness 0.83cm, saki-haba width 2.23cm, saki-kasane thickness 0.49cm, 3 mekugi holes, sword weight 938.5g, shira-saya total length 104cm, total length of the koshirae 100cm |
[ Period ] Edo, around Kanbun 寛文 |
[ Province ] Kii-Settsu 紀伊-摂津 |
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[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri, Iori-mune. Mihaba is ordinal. Koshimoto's kasane is thick. Shallow sori attached. Chu-kissaki form.
Engraving : Both on omote and ura, there are goma-bashi.
Nakago : Ubu. Machi has been advanced to machi-okuri state. Yasurime are sujikai. Saki is iri-yamagata. Three holes.
Jigane : Ko-itame-hada well grained. Rich jinie attached. Fine chikei appeared.
Hamon : O-gunome-midare. Deep nioi appeared. Nie attached well. Sunagashi and ashi appeared. Tama shape forging pattern appeared. It becomes do-ranba style.
Boushi : It runs in sugu. It turns in komaru form.
Black Ishime-nuri scabbard uchigatana koshirae: inlaid with gold cloth inlay, square round iron tsuba (Higo) with thunderbolt design, chrysanthemum design with menuki, gold coloured painting on polished silver base, gold design with motifs on the fuchigashira and the bottom of the sword kojiri.
[ Highlight ] Sukekuni was a swordsmith of the Sekido school in his native Kii. He later moved to Osaka and was active in Settsu around the Kanbun period. His signatures include "Kii no kuni Sukekuni", "Bizen no kami Minamoto no Sukekuni" and "Hanabusa Bizen no kami Minamoto no Sukekuni", and the date "Kanbun 7". He was a skilled Bizen swordsmith who was highly regarded not only for his cho-ji midare (Bizen swordsmith's art), which was a family speciality of the Sekido school, but also for his Doranba and classic straight blades, which were popular in Osaka at the time, and his sharpness as a swordsmith was also highly regarded. Despite its shallow curvature and seemingly smart curved form, this sword has a solid and solid feel and is of good workmanship with a fine forged surface and a large alternating pattern with a deep nioi and well-darkened nie. It comes with a good condition, late-Edo period outfit.
[ Conditions ] The hamachi blade section is also firm and appears to have undergone a low number of polishing cycles, making it very excellent.
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[ Attachments ] Habaki(suakaji, gold foiled, single), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya, koshirae, bag of koshirae and NBTHK tokubetsu hozon paper 特別保存刀剣鑑定書(issued on 28th June Heisei 25(2013)) |
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[ Item number ] A070624 [ Price ] JPY 980,000-(shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price) |
