NihontoWatchModern sword Chikusyu ju Kunitada with Shirosaya. 筑州住國忠は福岡県大牟田市の刀匠で、新作刀展で多数の入選歴を持ちます。 本作は現代刀では珍しい脇差で、詰んだ板目肌に互の目丁子を焼いた出来の良い一振りです。 状態も良好で、お好みの拵を合わせて楽しむのもおすすめです。 Chikushū Jū Kunitada is a swordsmith from Ōmuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture, with numerous selections at modern Japanese sword exhibitions. This is a fine wakizashi, a relatively uncommon form among modern Japanese swords, featuring a tightly forged itame-hada with a gunome-chōji hamon. The blade is in very good condition and would also be an excellent piece to enjoy with a koshirae of your choice. 「刀姿 sword figure」 鎬造り庵棟、身幅重尋常重、鳥居反中鋒が延びる。茎は生で化粧鑢目がかかり、茎尻は栗尻。 Shinogi-zukuri construction with an iori-mune. The blade has standard width and thickness, with torii-zori and a slightly elongated chū-kissaki. The nakago is ubu (unshortened) and bears keshō-yasurime (decorative file marks), with a kurijiri nakago-jiri. 「彫り物 carving」 彫物は表裏に片チリの棒樋が鎺下に掻き流しと成る。 The horimono consists of bōhi with kata-chiri on both sides of the blade, extending down beneath the habaki in kakinagashi style. 「地鉄 jigane」 地鉄は小板目が流れ、地沸厚く付く。 The jihada is ko-itame with a flowing grain, covered with abundant ji-nie. 「刃紋 hamon」 刃紋は互の目丁子、足良く入る。刃中は金筋が絡む。帽子は乱れ込み小丸に返る。 The hamon is gunome-chōji, with well-defined ashi extending into the hardened edge. Kinsuji is active within the ha. The bōshi is midare-komi and turns back in komaru. 「特徴 detailed」 筑州住國忠は、「三池住國忠作」とも銘を切る刀匠で、本名を小宮陽氣光といい、福岡県大牟田市に在住。小宮國治刀匠の長男で、國天刀匠の叔父にあたります。新作刀展においても多数の入選歴を持つ刀匠です。 本作は、現代刀としては珍しい脇差で、よく詰んだ板目肌に互の目丁子を焼いた、出来の良い一振りです。保存状態も良好で、欠点となるような目立った傷はありません。 Chikushū Jū Kunitada, who also signed his works “Miike Jū Kunitada Saku,” was born Komiya Yukimitsu and resides in Ōmuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture. He is the eldest son of swordsmith Komiya Kuniharu and the uncle of swordsmith Kunisora. He has also received numerous selections and awards at modern Japanese sword exhibitions. This is a fine wakizashi, a relatively uncommon form among modern Japanese swords. It features a tightly forged itame-hada with an attractive gunome-chōji hamon. The blade is in very good condition, with no noticeable flaws that would detract from its quality. Offered at an affordable price, this wakizashi would also be an excellent candidate for finding and fitting a suitable koshirae to suit your taste. 「拵 koshirae」 ハバキ(habaki):銀無垢一重の庄内鎺。 鞘 (saya):白鞘。 「刀身の状態 condition of blade」 研:良好です。 傷:欠点に成るような傷は有りません。
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Chikugo · around 1989-
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Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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