Appraisal Quiz #547


Previous answer is
 Mumei(Senjuin)

Special feature: This sword is attributed to the Senjuin school of Yamato province. Senjyuin
is the name of a subsuduary temple of the Todai-ji temple at Nara. There were two schools:
one had its origin in Yukinobu circa Ninhei (1151), consisted of Yukiyoshi, Yoshiyuki, Ariyuki,
Yukimasa, etc. The other had its origin in Shigehiro, circa Nin-an (1166), consisted of Shigenaga,
Shigemura, Yasumura, Shigehisa, etc. The Senjyuin temple was destroyed in 1567
because of Hidehisa Matsunaga’s troop set it on fire. As the result the school had disappeared.

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Appraisal Quiz #547 (July 13th, 2019)
Who made this sword do you think ?

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Blade length : 74.65 cm or 29.38 inches.
Sori : 2.73 cm or 1.07 inches.
Mekugi :  3
Width at the hamachi : 3.09 cm or 1.21 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 1.98 cm or 0.77 inches.
Kasane : 0.58 cm or 0.22 inches.
The weight of the sword: 740 grams.
Shape : Suriage Katana, wide and thick blade with large Sori.
Jigane : Itame and Mokume Hada well graiend with Jinie attach.
The Jigane is excellent.
Hamon : Ko-Nie Deki, Gunome Midare and Choji Midare with thick Nioikuchi.
Habuchi is soft. In Ha, there are Ashi and Yo, Kinsuji and Sunagashi.
Boshi is round Yakizum style.

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