Wakizashi, Shirasaya

[ Signature ] omote : 豊後國直行　ura : -

[ Size ]　Blade length: 48.0cm (1 shaku 5 sun 8 bu 4 rin), Curvature: 1.2cm (3 bu 9 rin), Base width: 2.94cm, Base ridge thickness: 0.77cm, Tip width: 2.11cm, Tip ridge thickness: 0.60cm, Peg holes: 2, Blade weight: 443g, shirasaya scabbard total length: 69.5cm

[ Province ] Bungo

[ Feature ]
Form : The blade features a shinogi-zukuri construction with an iori-mune profile, standard width and thickness, and moderate curvature, presenting a medium cutting edge.
Nakago : The nakago is advanced, with a file-finished edge, a tapered tip, two mekugi holes, and a roughly one-sun machi-okuri (30mm).
Jigane : The jigane (base steel) exhibits an itame-hada pattern, mixed with mokume (wood-grain pattern), with ji-nie (fine surface grain) and jikei (fine surface lines) present.
Hamon : The hamon features small undulations within a ko-gunome pattern, mixed with chouji and pointed elements, small ashi and ha, small nibs, and streaks of kin-sen and sunagashi.
Boushi : The boshi is shallowly curved inward, tapering to a pointed tip with a sweeping finish and a slightly elongated return.

[ Highlight ] Bungo no Kuni Naoyuki was a swordsmith from Takada during the mid-Edo period, around the Kyōhō era. He was the son of Motoyuki, said to be a descendant of Yukihira, and changed his name to Yūtetsu (Ari Tō) around the Genbun era. He received the title Yamato no Kami and adopted the pseudonym Onikyo. Possibly due to his father's relocation, he also created swords in Hizen Karatsu. His signatures include: ‘Forged by Naoyuki in Hizen Karatsu’, ‘Made by Onikagami Naoyuki of Bungo Province’, ‘Onikagami Naoyuki of Takada, Toyo Province’, and ‘Forged by Onikagami Naoyuki of Karatsu, Toyo Province’. This wakizashi features a forged surface with intermingled itame grain and mottled grain, displaying a bright, irregular hamon with small nie.

[ Conditions ] There is a slight amount of surface rust.

[ Attachments ] Habaki(suaka-ji, gold foiled single), shirasaya and bag of shirasaya.

[ Item number ] A091225 [ Price ] JPY 150,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price)

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