Naginata : Taikei Naotane (Kao)/Bunka 7 nen Chouyo
2017/01/28
Naginata in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper)
Signature:Taikei Naotane (Kao)
Bunka 7 nen Chouyo
Sayagaki:by the human national treasure Honami Nisyu.
Taikei Naotane. Ubu cyushin zaimei mikazuki hairu.
Bunka 7nen Cyoyo nenki iri Kahin nari.
Length is 1 syaku 2 sun 7 bu han aru no.
Syowa 57 nen Kyokugetsu ki no Honami Nissyu.
Explanation: The blade is Ubu nakagoand engraved crescent moon
Bunka ７th September 9th(Kiku flower will be bloom and celebrate this day) splendid work.
Blade length : 38.6cm or 15.197 inches.
Syowa 57th Decewmber Honami Nissyu.
The blade was polished.
Blade length : 38.6cm or 15.197 inches.
Sori : 2.5cm or 0.984 inches.
Mekugi:1
Width at the hamachi : 3.67 cm or 1.445 inches.
Kasane : 0.8cm or 0.315 inches.
Era : Lately Edo period.（1810）
Shape : The blade is wide and thick healthy blade.
Jitetsu : Itame hada well grained with much Jinie attach which is called Hijiki hada with much Chikei appear.
Hamon :Nie-deki, Gunome midare hamon and Nioikuchi thick wich is called Soshu-Den style. In Hamon, there are many Sunagashi and Kinsen work.
Special feature : Naotane, born Shoji Minobei in about 1778 at Yamagata in Dewa province.He went to Edo and become a student of Suishinshi Masahide. The Akimoto family in Yamagata province retained Naotane around about 1812.
Naotane got the title Chikuzen-Daijo in 1821and stepped up to the Mino (No) Kami in 1848. Naotane passed away in 1857, aged 79.
Naotane could make a variety of styles: Bizen-den, Soshu-den, Yamashiro-den and Yamato-den. He was good at Soshu-den in particular. His swords are ranked at the highest rank called Saijo-saku in the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The sayagaki was done by a national human treasure the Honami Nissyu.
Taikei Naotane UBU tyusin Zaimei Kahin nari (The blade is Ubu nakago and a fine work.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
Price: JPY 1,360,000-.
