Katana : Mumei (Ko Mihara)
2017/01/03
Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper)
Signature : Mumei (Ko Mihara)
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku, Jyo saku and regular saku)
This Mumei (Ko Mihara) belongs to Jyo-Jyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Blade length : 69.69 cm or 27.43 inches.
Sori : 1.2 cm or 0.47 inches.
Mekugi : 2
Width at the hamachi : 2.86 cm or 1.12 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.08 cm or 0.81 inches.
Kasane : 0.56 cm or 0.22 inches.
Era : Nanbokucho period.
Shape : Ragular size Osuriage Mumei Katana.
Jitetsu : Ko-Itame Hada well grained with Jinie attach.
The Jigane looks like Aoe and elegant. There are Utsuri on the Ji.
Hamon : Ko-Nie Deki, Suguha with Nezumi Ashi.
Special feature : Ko-mihara is the name of a swordsith group lived in Mihara of Bingo province prospered around the last Kamakura to the last Muromachi period.
Masaie and Masahiro are the representative swordsmiths of this school.
Distinctive points of their swords are shirake-utsuri and slight masame pattern on the jitetsu,
hotsure and uchinoke on the hamon and round boshi though the comprehensive style resembles to the Yamato School's and neighboring Aoe School's.
The reason why Yamato School influenced to this School is that there were many shoen manor in medieval Japan especially owned by Buddhist temples or Shinto-shrines in Yamato province.
This katana shows a robust feature: relatively wide Mihaba and thick kasane as a Koto and its longish kissaki.
It makes a well-balanced proportion.
Jitetsu bears shirake-utsuri and Suguha-hamon with small nezumiashi.
The blade looks Aoe school but NBTHK judged as Komihara.
Komihara and Aoe is very similar becase of neighbor country.
So sword makers had comunicated each other.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
Price : JPY 750,000-.
