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Katana

Katana : (Orikaeshi fumei;Orikaeshi mei unknown) Mumei

2017/01/05

Katana in Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Paper)

Signature:(Orikaeshi fumei;Orikaeshi mei unknown) Mumei (Unsigned) (Fuyuhiro)

The blade need polish.
Habaki : Shakudo single habaki.
Blade length : 68.02 cm or 26.77 inches.
Sori : 1.35 cm or 0.53 inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi : 2.81 cm or 1.1 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.03 cm or 0.79 inches.
Kasane : 0.55 cm or 0.21 inches.
Era :Late Muromachi period.
Shape : The blade is suriage nakago (cut shortened) and bo-hi is engraved.
Jitetsu :Itame hada well grained with jinie attach.
Hamon : Niedeki gunome midare with ashi work.
Boshi is round midare komi style.

Special feature : Fuyuhiro is a stream of the Soshu school. He was a son of the Hirotsugu and made many swords at Jyakushu Kohama province.
He made swords at Hakushu, Jyakushu and bizen province also.
His subjects is elegant style, wild feeling hamon and also hitatsura hamon. This sword has small sabi (rust) but the blade will be polished , the sword will be good work.

Koshirae : Toppei style Koshirae.
Tsuba :On the round shpaped iron Tsuba, some design is engraved with gold color(iroe):Edo higo.
Fuchikashira :Kojiri: On the iron plate, some leaves are engraved with gold color and nunome zogan (inlay).
Saya : Red brown color engraved kizami saya.
Menuki : A horse is engraved by solid gold.
Wari Kogai: On the silver plate, some family crests are engraved.

NBTHK Hozon Paper.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
*if you need polish, the polishing cost is ¥60,000 will be added.

Price (credit card) : JPY 650,000-.

-Katana