Two courts, sixty years of war, and the most dramatic silhouettes in the sword’s history: broad blades, extended points, true ōdachi later cut down into the majestic katana collectors prize. The Sōshū manner was the style of the age.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchIt has appeared, it has appeared; a wonderfully healthy meito by Noshu Ju Kanetomo that has been cherished for generations in an old family has appeared. Kanetomo is a prestigious lineage of smiths that began when Yamato Tegai Kanetomo, the son of Shizu Saburo Kaneuji, moved to Mino around the Enbun era (around 1356) (670 years ago) of the Nanbokucho period and took the name Kanetomo. This katana was made around the Tensho era (1575) (451 years ago) of the Muromachi period, the time of the Battle of Nagashino where the allied forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu fought and settled the conflict with the Takeda Katsuyori army using firearms. This katana exhibits a grand sugata in shinogi-zukuri with a thick moto-kasane and a difference between the moto-mihaba and saki-mihaba with shallow sori; the jigane is itame-hada mixed with mokume-hada and masame-hada, and the hamon is nioi-deki with konie, tempering gunome-ba with three or four togariba points each at the heads, tempering a wonderfully ambitious blade. The boshi is also midare-komi returning in komaru and is well-made. A Kanetomo from the same era as this Kanetomo served Fukushima Masanori, who was a cousin of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and famous as one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake among Hideyoshi's personally raised generals; this Kanetomo who moved to Bishu Kiyosu later became a disciple of Umetada Myoju and received the title of Higo no Kami, becoming the famous master smith Higo no Kami Teruhiro. The koshirae with an Edo period kawari-nuri saya is also old and precious, and the kin-kise ichiju habaki alone is worth over 100,000 yen due to the soaring price of gold. Everything adds further splendor to this katana by Kanetomo. On this occasion, as we have received this sword from an old family who said it has been cherished for generations but they have grown old and wish for it to be passed on cheaply to someone who will treasure it, we are offering it at a special bargain price; please by all means enjoy this grand katana by Noshu Ju Kanetomo from the Koto period.
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Mino · around 1573-1592
Tōken Taikan top 87%
1 piece on the market now
The Nanbokuchō period (1333 to 1392)
Two courts, sixty years of war, and the most dramatic silhouettes in the sword’s history: broad blades, extended points, true ōdachi later cut down into the majestic katana collectors prize. The Sōshū manner was the style of the age.
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