Wakizashi : Bicchu no Kami tachibana Yasuhiro
2017/01/03
Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon paper)
Signature : Bicchu no Kami tachibana Yasuhiro
The blade was polished.
Habaki : Gold foiled double habaki.
Blade length : 47.2 cm or 18.58 inches.
Sori : 1.0 cm or 0.39 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.87cm or 1.12 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.01 cm or 0.79 inches.
Kasane : 0.57 cm or 0.22 inches.
Era : Edo Period Kanbun Era.
Shape : The blade is regular size and longer kissaki.
Jitetsu : Koitame had well grained with jinie attach and some ooitame had mix.
Hamon : Niedeki gunome midair with ash and yo work and also tobiyaki around Shinogiji.
Special feature : Bicchu no Kami tachibana Yasuhiro is Kisyu Ishido school which is well known Ichimonji style.
He was a sword master of the Kisyu Daimyo and moved to oosaka province.
His name is Gorozaemon Tomita and second brother of the Tosa syogenTameyasu.
He is very skillful sword maker both Ichimonji style and gunome midair with Doranba hamn.
This blade is gunome midair hamon active wildish.
Koshirae :
Tsuba : On the iron plate, a dragon is engraved with gold color. Nanban stub late Edo.
Fuchikashira : On the syakudo nanako plate, the rim is covered gold inlay.
Saya : Aogai chirashi (Blue shell powder saya)
Menuki : A chicken is engraved with gold color.
NBTHK Hozon paper.
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
Price : 150,000 JPY-
