Ordering number: 22662
Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae.(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)(consignment sale)
Signature: Yonezawa Omi Kato Tsunahide
米沢臣加藤綱英
Bunka 6 Nen 3 Gatsu Hi Oite To-to Tsukuru Kore
文化六年三月日 於東都作之
shinshinto:chujyo saku: Musashi
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to Jyo Jyo saku ranking.
Habaki: Gold foiled double Habaki
The blade is polished.
Blade length:66.6cm or 26.22inches.
Sori:1.3cm or 0.51inches.
Mekugi:1
Width at the hamachi:3.01cm or 1.18inches.
Width at the Kissaki:2.15cm or 0.84inches.
Kasane:0.65cm or 0.25inches.
The weight of the sword:660grams
Era : Edo period Bunka 6 year.
Shape : The blade has about 3 cm Machiokuri but without Suriage and healthy blade with thick healthy blade and Kissaki is long.
Jigane :Koitame hada well grained beautiful nice texture.
Hamon :Niedeki from Hamachi area suguha hamon and then Gunome midare and Douranba hamon very thick nioikuchi like Suishinshi Masahide.
Special feature:Yonezawa shin Kato Tsunahide belongs to Yonezawa samurai and lived Edo Azabu branch office of Yonezawa cran, He was older brother of Cyounsai Tsunatoshi and called Tsunahide. In my opinion, it was the period when Suishinshi Masahide was making Toranba until around 13th year of Bunka, but his work with a deep nioguchi is easy to break. He began to produce works with straight blades and turbulence. Around the 6th year of Bunka, Omi Yonezawa and Tsunahide Kato, who were working hard to make Toranba, also worked together. It is thought that he was a disciple of suisinshi Masahide. Jitetsu is well-packed and Ogo-no-me, and Douranba has a wonderful blade pattern similar to Suishinshi Masahide. Cyounsai tsunatoshi also learned Doranba from his older brother tsunahide, but Tsunatoshi’s technique is inferior to that of his older brother Tsunahide, resulting in a blade that feels hard. Please purchase this wonderful work by Omi Yonezawa and Tsunahide Kato.
Koshirae :
Saya: black roiro saya.
Tsuba: On the round iron tsuba, a water wheel, water stream, plants, and a bird are engrave.
Huchigashira: Autumn insects, and autumn flowers are engraved with gold color.
Menuki: Plants are engraved.
From Aoi Art: Chounsai Tsunatoshi is well known as Cyoji midare hamon but his older brother Tsunahide is well known Doranba like Masahide or Sukehiro. Of course People have their preferences between Chuji ba hamon and Toranba, but I like this Tsunahide Toranba.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token paper
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata by Ayaka Tsuruta
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