Katana, Shirasaya, Koshirae

[ Signature ] omote : 備中国片山住恒俊　ura : -

[ Size ] Blade length: 68.78 cm (2 shaku 2sun 7 bu 0 rin), Curvature: 1.66 cm (5 bu 5 rin), Base width: 2.79 cm, Base thickness: 0.64 mm, Tip width: 1.71 cm, Tip thickness: 0.39 mm, One mekugi hole, Blade weight: 520 g, Total length of outfit: 98.5 cm

[ Province ] Bicchu

[ Feature ]
Form : The blade features a shinogi-zukuri construction with an an-mune profile, standard width and thickness, a slightly pronounced curvature, and a medium cutting edge.
Nakago : The nakago is raw, with a diagonal file pattern, a chestnut-shaped tip, and one mekugi hole.
Jigane : The jigane (base steel) exhibits an itame-hada texture, a pronounced grain pattern, mixed grain, ji-nie (fine grain), and ji-hada (grain lines).
Hamon : The hamon is slightly irregular, with ko-gunome, small mutsu-me, small chōji-ha, and pointed hamon intermingled. It features ashi and ha, with nioi, kin-suji, and sunagashi.
Boushi : The boshi is irregular and pointed on the front, while the back is almost straight, returning to a small round shape with a swept tip.

[ Highlight ] This work, judged by its appearance to date from around the late Muromachi period, features a well-grained, forged jigane with a varied, small-scale wavy blade pattern. Although Tsunetoshi is not recorded in the Meikan (a book of signatures of swordsmiths), his signature identifies him as a swordsmith from Katayama in Bitchū Province.

[ Conditions ] There are slight flaws and minor rust spots, but overall it is in excellent condition. The Wakasa-nuri scabbard and uchigatana sheaths are also preserved in excellent condition.

[ Attachments ] Habaki(suaka-ji, gold foiled, double), koshirae, bag of koshirae, NBTHK kicho paper (issued on 6th Dec. Showa 37(1962)) and NBTHK tokubetsu kicho tosogu paper (issued on 1st June Showa 38 (1963))

[ Item number ] A100725 [ Price ] JPY 750,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included in the price)

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