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Wakizashi

Wakizashi : Kawachi Kami Fujiwara Yasunaga

Ordering number : 14841

Wakizashi in Shirasaya (Gurantee : NBTHK Hozon paper)

Signature : Kawachi Kami Fujiwara Yasunaga

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

Shinto : Chujyosaku : Wazamono : Settsu
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Silver single foiled habaki
Blade length : 58.9 cm or 23.18 inches.
Sori : 0.4 cm or 0.16 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.93 cm or 1.15 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.01 cm or 0.79 inches.
Kasane : 0.7 cm or 0.28 inches.
Era : Edo period.
Shape : It is regular width and thickness with rather shallow Kanbun Shinto shape. It is comparably long wakizashi.
Jitetsu : Koitame hada well grained with Jinie attached.
Hamon : Nie Deki gunome midare with mixture of Koashi and Yo activity.
Boshi is sharp end turned down.

Special feature : Kawachi Kami Fujiwara Yasunaga is a swordsmith of Kishu(Wakayama Prefecture now) and has been in Kii Sekidou school.
He was the mentor of Tatara Nagamyuki and he has made similar works to Yasuhiro.
This blade is shallow Sori curve Kanbun Shinto shape. It is not bad blade.

Gurantee : NBTHK Hozon paper
(If the blade doesn't pass NBTHK paper we will buy back 100% of the sales price.)
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price : 150,000 JPY- (including shipping and 100% insurance fee)


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