Ordering Number: AS26184

Wakizashi in Shirasaya(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Inscription:
Kawachi-no-kami Fujiwara Kunisuke 河内守藤原国助 (1st gen)
Totetsu wo motte kore wo Tsukuru 以唐鉄作之 (Made using Chinese steel)

We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.
This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Kunisuke(1st gen).

Habaki: gold-plated double habaki
Blade Length: 39.8cm (15.67in)
Curvature: 0.7cm (0.28in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 3.2cm (1.26in)
Sakihaba: 2.7cm (1.06in)
Kasane: 0.8cm (0.31in)
Blade Weight: 435g
Era: early Edo period, 17th century
Shape: A blade with wide mihaba, thick kasane, and sakizori curvature.
The omote is carved with a dense kenmaki-ryu (dragon entwined around a sword), while the ura is carved with double grooves (futasuji-hi) and a Sanskrit character.
The carvings were added later.
Jigane: Ko-itame hada.
Hamon: Nie-deki, featuring small gunome-midare.

Features: Shinto: Wazamono: Jo-saku: Settsu.
Kawachi no Kami Fujiwara Kunisuke was a swordsmith from Ise Province.
He studied under Horikawa Kunihiro in Kyoto and, after Kunihiro's death, worked in Osaka together with his fellow student, the first-generation Kunisada.
He exerted a strong influence on the Osaka swordsmith tradition.
Based on his workmanship, his practical teacher is said to have been his fellow disciple Echigo no Kami Kunitomo.
Many of his works resemble those of the first-generation Kunisada, particularly in their fine ko-mokume forging pattern.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata

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Auction Starting Price:1,200,000JPY

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