Wakizashi : Mumei (Kouda)
2017/03/13
Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper)
Signature:Mumei (Unsigned) (Kouda)
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Gold foiled single habaki.
Blade length : 58.0 cm or 22.83 inches.
Sori : 1.2 cm or 0.47 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.95 cm or 1.16 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.23 cm or 0.87 inches.
Kasane : 0.58 cm or 0.22 inches.
Era : late Kamakura period.
Shape : The blade is oosuriage mumei(cut shortened) with Bo-hi engraved on both sides of the blade.
The blade is wide and thick long kissaki healthy blade.
Jitetsu :Itame had well grained with jinie attach and chikei work and blackish strong texture.
Hamon : Niedeki suguha and noter with thick nioikuchui and sunagashi, kinsuji work.
Special feature : According to Honami Koson's sayagaki, the blade was judged as Enjyu school.
But NBTHK issued the paper as Kouda school.
The founder of the Kouda was Nyudo kunimitsu and many students like Kunifusa, Kunimune and Kunitsaugu.
Generally old Kouda make suguha hamon with sosyu den school.
This sword is suguha but sosyu den added with kinsuji work and a lot of Chikei.
The blade was judged as Enjyu by Honami Koson sensei but I think the blade was polshed and disappear Utsuri on the ji.
So NBTHK judged as Kouda school.
I think the polisher polished the blade more active jigane and hamon.
So the Utsuri disappear from the Jigane.
Anyway the blade was made around late Kamakura period fantastic jigane and hamon.
Koshirae :
Tsuba : On the round shaped iron stub, a dragon is engraved with open work.
Fuchi : On the syakudo plate, a Japanese small ship which was plunked by pullers from the waterside is engraved with gold color.
kashira : Waves design is engraved by syakudo plate.
Saya : black roar saya.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Paper.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
Price : JPY 550,000-.
