Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchAccompanied by shirasaya, suaka-ji habaki. This work exhibits a well-proportioned sugata with a pleasing difference between the width at the moto and saki, featuring a wide mihaba and a large, extended kissaki. The jigane shows a powerful o-itame hada with thick ji-nie and chikei appearing throughout, allowing one to fully appreciate the mastery of the forging. The hamon is based on notare mixed with gunome, featuring ashi, and the lower half of the omote displays abundant hataraki such as kinsuji formed by nie grains sewing through the ji and ha. The boshi on both the omote and ura is sugu in tone with a hint of notare, returning in maru. The sugata, jigane, and hamon are in excellent harmony, resulting in a masterpiece with great presence. Currently, the adhesive at the mouth of the shirasaya has come loose, but it will be repaired before delivery. Please do not miss this opportunity to acquire this highly impressive work, which possesses an imposing sugata and excels in both its forging and the hataraki within the ha. *Consignment item
NihontoWatchOffered by Toushin
We couldn’t find current papers for this piece. Ask the dealer whether it has been, or can be, submitted to shinsa. — Hoshi
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Sagami · around 1504-1521
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
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¥198,000