Ordering Number: AS26163
Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
Signature:
Bakufushi Kawai Hisayuki Nanajuhassai Saku Kore
幕府士川井久幸七十八歳作之
Bunkyu San I-doshi Nigatsu (February 1863)
文久三亥年二月
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This work ranks as Jyojyo Saku among the works of Kawai Hisayuki.
Habaki: gold and shakudo palted habaki
Blade Length: 74.4cm (29.29in)
Curvature: 1.9cm (0.75in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 3.23cm (1.27in)
Sakihaba: 2.30cm (0.91in)
Kasane: 0.70cm (0.28in)
Weight: 845g
Era: late Edo period, 1863
Shape: A fine-looking sword with a length of 74.4 cm (29.29 in), deep curvature, and a long kissaki.
Jigane: Well-forged masame-hada with some ubu-ba remaining.
Hamon: Nie-deki, gunome-midare. Kinsuji actively appears within the temper line.
Features:
Shinshinto: Jyo Saku: Musashi.
Kawai Hisayuki was a swordsmith active in the late Edo period, born in 1786 into the Hatamoto Kawai family. He studied under Shimizu Hisayoshi, a disciple of Nakayama Ikkansai Yoshihiro and Hosokawa Masayoshi, and worked as a swordsmith in Koishikawa, Edo. This work features a well-forged, tightly packed masame-hada grain pattern, with active sunagashi flowing through the gunome hamon, creating a unified appearance between the Jigane and Hamon. It is a healthy blade with an outstanding workmanship.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata
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