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Wakizashi

Wakizashi : Kaneuji

Ordering number : 15077

Wakizashiin Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper)
Guarantee NBTHK Hozon Token (If the blade doesn't pass we will buy back 100% of the sales price)

Signature : Kaneuji

We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku.
This sword belongs to jyo-jyo saku ranking.

Suekoto : Cyusaku ranking : Mino school.
The blade was polished
Habaki : Gold foiled double habaki.
Blade length : 30.9 cm or 12.16 inches.
Sori : 0.45 cm or 0.17 inches.
Mekugi : 2  
Width at the hamachi : 3.0 cm or 1.18 inches.
Kasane : 0.59 cm or 0.23 inches.
Era : Late Muromachi period.(1570)
Shape : The blade is wide and thick with bo-hi and soehi are engraved both sides of the blade.
jitetsu : Koitame had well grained with jinie attach soft feeling texture.
Hamon : Nioideki gunome midare and Tama(circle hamon) Boshi is round shape.

Special feature : Kaneuji was working at Mino province.
First Kaneuji is quite well known sword maker which is called Shizu Saburo kanji.
Another one was working at the end of Muromachi period Akasaka senjyuin school.
This blade is typical Akasaka senjyuin school nioideki gunome midair bright hamon.
The hamon looks waves and splash on the waves.

Koshirae : Aikuchi koshirae.
Fuchikashira : Kojiri : Kurikata : On the syakudo plate, grasses and flowers are painted by gold color.
Saya : On the black roiro saya,cagee(black painted picture on the black roar saya)
waves and sea-shell are painted by gold color.
Menuki : On the shibuichi plate, sea-shell are engraved with gold color.
Kogai : On the syakudo nanako plate, rice stalk are engraved with gold color.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper
Guarantee NBTHK Hozon Token If the blade doesn't pass we will buy back 100% of the sales price
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price : 500,000 JPY- (including shipping and 100% insurance fee)




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