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Katana : Kanetaka

Ordering number : 12572 Katana (Consignment sale)

Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Paper)

Signature:Kanetaka

The blade was polished
Habaki:Silver single habaki.
Blade length : 69.6 cm or 27.4 inches.
Sori : 1.8 cm or 0.7 inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi : 2.98 cm or 1.17 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.4 cm or 0.94 inches.
Kasane : 0.57 cm or 0.22 inches.
Era :Late Muromachi period.
Shape : The blade is wide and thick with long kissaki nice looking shape.
Jitetsu :Itame hada well grained with jinie attach and shirake Utsuri appear.
Hamon : Niedeki suguha with koashi and yo work.
Boshi is round shape.

Special feature : Kanetaka was working at Mino province Late Muromachi period.
The blade is wide and deeo with ookissaki nice looking shape.

Koshirae :
Tsuba :Mokko style Yamgane plate, rise up mimi (rim) and failed on the Ji.
Fuchikashira :Yamagane plate ishimeji style.
Saya : On the red brown color saya, rope design is painted on the saya.
Menuki : Japanese insrument is engraved by shakudo plate.
Kozuka : On the suaka cooper plate, Nio god is engraved with gold color.
war kogai:On the suaka copper plate, flower is engraved with gold color.
Kojiri:On the iron plate, waves and plovers are engraved. Mei (signature) : Toshifumi.

NBTHK Hozon Paper.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price (credit card) : JPY 700,000-.
Price (bank transfer) : JPY 686,000-. (Would you please pay bank transfer fee.)
(including shipping and 100% insurance fee)


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