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Katana :Mumei (Miike school)(11th NBTHK Juyo Token) Discounted!!

2017/01/28

Katana in Shirasaya, with Koshirae. (11th NBTHK Juyo Token) Shimazu family ancestral legacy.

Signature :Mumei (Miike school)

Dr Kanzan sensei's sayagaki:
Miike Oosuriage mumei nary Shimazu family ancestral legacy #11 Juyo Token Hacho: 2syaku 2sun 5bu
Showa Kanoe inu(Showa 45th 1970 summer Kanzan shi(wrote in the diary)

The blade was polished by high ranking polisher.
Habaki :
Blade length : 68.18 cm or 26.84 inches.
Sori : 1.32 cm or 0..51 inches.
Mekugi : 2
Width at the hamachi : 3.14 cm or 1.23 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.48 cm or 0.97 inches.
Kasane : 0.45 cm or 0.17 inches.
Era : Kamakura period.
Shape : The blade is oosuriage mumei(cut shortened) wide and thick
with fat Hi and soehi are engraved.
Jitetsu :Itame hada well grained with jinie attach
and utsuri appear fantastic nice texture.
Hamon : Niedeki suguha and notare and also gunome mixed
with very thick nioikuchi. In ha, ash and sunagashi
and also nice attractive long kinsuji scatter.

Special feature : The founder of the Miike school is Miike Denta Mitsuyo and educated many nice sword makers.
Dai denta which was owner by Ashikaga Syogun is one of the 5 well known swords in the world.
Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu also loved Miike sword which was called Sohaya no Tsurugi.
The sword is Mumei (unsigned) attributed as Miike.
Miike Denta Mitsuyo was working at Miike province (right now The place is Oomuta city Fukuoka prefecture) at Heian period.
This sword is wide and thick with fat Hi and soehi are engraved.
Especially long nice active Kinsuji is fantastic and attractive sword. The sword got Jyuyo Token 11th early stage.
The blade doesn't Kizu on the Ji which means the blade was made by Muku kitae (the just only well grained Tamahagane only)
It is very hard to buy such kind of famous swords.
We strongly recommend this sword for you.

Koshirae : Higo Koshirae.
Tsuba :On the thin iron Tsuba, flowers are engraved with Nunome zogan(inlay)
Fuchikashira :On the iron plate, some small flowers are painted by gold color.
Saya : red brown color kawarinuri saya.
Menuki : some plaant is engraved by syakudo plate.
Kozuka : Big brass Kozuka :man is putting an umbrella running in the rainfall.
Kogatana :

Jyuyo Token:#11th.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price : JPY 2,550,000-.

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