Ordering Number: AS26497(Consignment Sale)

Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token) (Tsuba: NBTHK Hozon Tosogu)

Inscription: Izumo Daijo Yoshitake 出雲大掾吉武

Sayagaki: Izumo Daijō Fujiwara Yoshitake.
Blade length: 2 shaku 3 sun 6 bu.
Written by Kanzan on a summer day in Showa 41 (1966). (Kaō).

We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.
This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Yoshitake.
Habaki: Gold foiled double Habaki.
Blade Length: 71.5cm (28.15in)
Curvature: 0.9cm (0.35in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 3.23cm (1.27in)
Sakihaba: 2.19cm (0.86in)
Kasane: 0.74cm (0.29in)
Weight: 780g
Era: early to mid Edo peirod
Shape: straight blade with lightly long kissaki
Jigane: Koitame and Komokume with fine chikei and jinie.
Hamon: small gunoeme midare with fine nie making thick sunagashi and kinsuji. Nioikuchi is thick, soft and bright.

Features: Izumo Daijo Yoshitake was the son of Heianjo-ju Horikawa Kunitake of the Horikawa school, and later moved to Edo. He left behind a collaborative work made with Hojoji Masateru. Jigane with prominent grain and fine chikei and nie is regarded as a characteristic feature of the Horikawa school. In this particular work, the grain is especially tight and beautiful, while both the ji and ha are bright and clear.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
Tsuba: NBTHK Hozon Tosogu Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata

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Auction Starting Price:3,200,000JPY

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