Ordering number:AS26249

Tachi: in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature: Sueyuki (Den Bungo, Late Kamakura period)
末行（伝豊後・時代鎌倉後期）

We classify swords into Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku, and Regular Saku.
This work is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Sueyuki.

Sayagaki:
Bungo Sueyuki.
The blade has been shortened (suriage), and an old, simple two-character signature remains near the tip of the tang.
It presents a slender form with a small kissaki and a still-high curvature, tempered in a fine suguha.
The moist quality of the nioiguchi captures the distinctive character of the old Kyushu classical school, displaying a quiet elegance.
The old tradition that this is a Late Kamakura Bungo forging can indeed be affirmed.
Blade length: 2 shaku 2 sun 5 bu.
Year Kinoto-mi. Kikuzuki (September), recorded by Tanzan (Kao).

Habaki: Single-layer gold.
Blade Length: 68.18 cm (26.84 in)
Curvature (Sori): 2.42 cm (0.95 in)
Mekugi Hole: 3
Width at Base (Motohaba): 2.58 cm (1.02 in)
Width at Tip (Sakihaba): 1.63 cm (0.64 in)
Thickness (Kasane): 0.45 cm (0.18 in)
Blade Weight: 595 grams (g)
Era: Late Kamakura period, Karyaku, 1326.

Shape:
The blade has a slightly narrow width, a high curvature, and a somewhat elongated kissaki.

Jigane:Ko-itame hada with masame hada, mixed with mokume hada, and utsuri appears.

Hamon:A suguha temper line.

Koshirae:
Tsuba: An almost square iron tsuba decorated with patterns in gold and silver.
Fuchikashira: On a silver base, a dragon and waves are rendered with bold carving and inlaid in gold and silver.
Saya: A black lacquered saya with a silver kojiri set at the end.
Menuki: A dragon design rendered in shakudo.

Historical Background: Late Kamakura period.
The Karyaku Disturbance of 1326 (Shochu 3) was an internal conflict in the late Kamakura period, arising from a struggle over the succession of the headship of the Hojo Tokuso main line—the regents of the Kamakura shogunate—between the Nagasaki clan (the inner stewards) and the Adachi clan (the maternal relatives).

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token.
Aoi Art estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.

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Auction Starting Price:2,000,000JPY

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