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Wakizashi

Wakizashi : Bicchu no kuni Mizuta Ju Kunishige Saku

Ordering number : 12670

Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper)

Signature:Bicchu no kuni Mizuta Ju Kunishige Saku

Shinto:Cyujyo saku:Biccyu.
The blade was polished.
Blade length : 50.7 cm or 19.96 inches.
Sori : 0.8 cm or 0.31 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.90 cm or 1.14 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 1.87 cm or 0.73 inches.
Kasane : 0.62 cm or 0.24 inches.
Era : Edo period Kanbun era.
Shape : The blade is wide and thick with small sori Kanbun shape.
Jitetsu : Itame had well grained with jinie attach wild feeling texture.
Hamon : Niedeki gunome midair with deeo nioikuchi gunome midair with aranie gunome midair with sunagashi and kinsuji scatter in Ha.

Special feature : The founder of the blade started from Kamakura period Aoe school at Mizuta province.
The Hamon and Jignae both quite difference between regular Aoe and Mizuta school.
The blade is wild feeling active Gunome midare with sunagashi and kinsuji.
There are some famous Kunishige like Ootsuki Saburo bei Kunishige,
Ootswuki Yogoro kunishige, Ootsuki Ichizo Kunishige and Yamashiro Daijyo Kunishige and so on.
This blade is nice wild feeling sword and active Hamon.

Koshirae:
Tsuba : On the mokko style iron Tsuba, some landscape is engraved.
Saya : Black ishimeji style.
Fuchikashira : On the syakudo nanako plate, some samurai are engraved with gold color.
Menuki : Boar bour is engraved.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price:JPY 280,000-.
(including shipping and 100% insurance fee)


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