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Wakizashi : Izumi No Kami Kuni □(Kunisada)

Ordering number : 13022 (Consignment sale)

Wakizashi in Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Paper)

Signature : Izumi No Kami Kuni □(Kunisada)
Shinto : Jyosaku ranking : Oowazamono : Settu province.

The blade was polished.
habaki : Silver single habaki.

Blade length : 50.8 cm or 20.00 inches.
Sori : 1.5 cm or 0.59 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.02 cm or 1.18 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.24 cm or 0.88 inches.
Kasane : 0.69 cm or 0.27 inches.
Era : Edo period Kanei era.
Shape : The blade is wide and thick with suitable sori and longer size nice shape.
On the Ji, Suken and bonji are engrave.
The shape is unusual Naginata style.
Jitetsu : Koitame had well grained with jinie attach beautiful oosaka jigane.
Hamon : Niedeki suguha from hamachi and then gunome midare with thick nioikuchi.
In Hamon, there are many fat ash, Yo, sunagashi and also small kinsuji work.

Special feature :
He was a father of the great Inoue Shinkai, so he was called Oya(father) kunisada.
He was born at Hyuga province and studied from Echigo Kami Tunitomo who was a student of the Kunihiro.
After Kunihiro died, first generation Kawachi Kamio Kunisuka and he moved to Oosaka and got the title of Izumo Kami at Genna 1st year.
His subject is very similar with Kunisuke first generation.
The sword is very active like Koto Sosyu den style.

Koshirae :
Tsuba : On the round iron Tsuba, Ume flowers are made by gold.
Fuchi : On the iron plate, inlayed gold by nunome zogan.
kashira : On the syakudo nanako plate, a dragon is engraved with gold color.
Saya : Wakasa nuri style.
Menuki : Unknown design by syakudo plate.

NBTHK hozon token.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price (credit card) : JPY 700,000-.
Discounted!!!
Price (credit card) : JPY 650,000-.
Price (bank transfer) : JPY 637,000-. (Would you please pay bank transfer fee.)
(including shipping and 100% insurance fee)


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