Katana:Bungo Ju Fujiwara Noriyuki
Ordering number : 10493
Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper) (NTHK estimation paper)
Signature: Bungo Ju Fujiwara Noriyuki
The blade was polished.
Blade length : 71.4 cm or 28.11 inches.
Sori : 2.2 cm or 0.86 inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi : 3.30 cm or 1.29 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.21 cm or 0.87 inches.
Kasane : 0.75 cm or 0.29 inches.
Era : Early Edo period. About Ten-na era. (about 1681)
Shape : This blade is wide and thick katana.
Jitetsu : Ko-itame hada and mokume hada well grained with jinie attach.
Hamon : Ko-nie based, Gunome midare with soft Ashi.
In Hamon, there are ash and sunagashi work.
Special feature : It is said that the founder of Bungo Takada school was Tomomitsu or Tomoyuki.
Takada Swordsmiths in Shinto age engrave the last name "Fujiwara", and so they are called also Fujiwara Takada.
The neighbor of the Takada school was Hizen school.
Hizen sword makers were controlled by Nabeshima daimyo and imported western steel from Holland which is called Nanbantetsu.
I think Hizen sword makers used this steal and mixed up with Japanese Tamahagane.
So Hizen jigane was very big different from Takada school.
Takada school tried to make cut well sword.
Early stage from late Muromachi to Kanbun era, Takada school swords were high reputation for cut well sword and good jigane.
This blade is nice jigane and good hamon.
The blade shape is very wide and massive.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Kicho Paper.
NTHK estimation paper.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
Price (credit card) : JPY 550,000-.
Price (bank transfer) : JPY 539,000-. (Would you please pay bank transfer fee.)
(including shipping and 100% insurance fee)
