Wakizashi : Mumei (attributed as Waki Hizen school)
2017/01/08
Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae
Signature : Mumei attributed as Waki Hizen school. (guarantee NBTHK hozon paper)
The blade was polished bu good polisher.
Blade length: 44.6cm or 17.56 inches.
Sori : 0.8 cm or 0.31 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.55 cm or 1 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.01 cm or 0.79 inches.
Kasane : 0.52 cm or 0.21 inches.
Era : Edo period Kanbun era.
Shape : The blade is regular size wakizashi and longer kissaki nice looking shape.
Jitetsu : Koitame hada well grained with jinie attach and chikei work seen in beautiful texture.
Hamon : Nie ground suguha with rather thick nioikchi.Boshi is brushing up style round shape.
Special feature : The Jigane and hamon looks like 2nd generation Tadahiro but the kissaki hamon is brush up round shape so the blade must be wake hizen school.
The blade is very fine texture and soft feeling nice suguha hamon.
Koshirae :
Tsuba : Yamagane plain plate.
Fuchi : On the syakudo nanako plate, a horse and flowers are engraved with gold color.
Saya : Black roar saya.
Kozuka : On the syakudo nananko plate, a moon and 2 batts are engraved with gold color which is unusual nice subject.
guarantee NBTHK hozon paper.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
Price : 170,000 JPY
