Katana, Shirasaya

[ Signature ] omote : 平安城源祐光　ura : -

[ Size ] Blade length 64.4cm (2 shaku 1 sun 2 bu 5 rin), sori curvature 1.0cm (3 bu 3 rin), moto-haba base width 3.32cm, Moto-kasane 0.70cm, saki-haba tip width 2.22cm, saki-kasane tip thickness 0.58cm, 1 mekugi hole, blade weight 724.5g, shira-saya overall length 91.5cm

[ Province ] Shiga prefecture

[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Mihaba is rather wide. Kasane is rather thick, too. Shinogi-haba is wide. There are some differences between moto-haba and saki-haba. Shallow sori attached. Chu-kissaki form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurime are suji-kai and kesho. Saki is ha-agari, kuri-jiri form. One hole.
Jigane : Itame-hada well grained. Jinie attached.
Hamon : Cho-ji-midare. Gunome and ko-gunome mixed. Ash appeared. Nie attached, part by part, large size nie mixed.
Boushi : It is sugu. It turns in ko-maru form.

[ Highlight ] Sukemitsu was born in 1915 and learned how to create swords under his father Sukemitsu (Eitaro) and Masaji Okishiba in Osaka. He was active as a commissioned swordsmith for the army, and was highly acclaimed, receiving special awards at exhibitions of new Japanese swords. In 1942, he forged the sacred sword of the Kasaoka Shrine in Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture. After the war, in 1954, he received approval to create swords on 6 August, which is also Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day, and continued to create swords while receiving awards at exhibitions of new famous swords. This work is a little over two shaku and one sun in length, but has a solid, wide hamon and a long, slender tang, with a shallow curvature. The well-tempered itame forged hamon is covered in ji-nie, and the cho-ji midare blade pattern, which gradually widens from the base to the tip, has a bright, elegant appearance.

[ Conditions ] There is a mark where the sheath has been rubbed on the back, about 10cm from the machi-ue.

[ Attachments ] Habaki(suaka-ji,single), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya and NBTHK hozon paper 保存刀剣鑑定書(issued 17th Jan. Heisei 3(1991))

[ Item number ] A070924 [ Price ] JPY 380,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price)

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