Ordering Number: AS26229

Wakizashi in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature: Bitchu no Kuni Mizuta ju Kunishige Saku
備中国水田住国重作

Shinto: Wazamono: Chujo-saku.
(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku).
This blade is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among the works of Bitchu no Kuni Mizuta ju Kunishige Saku.
Habaki: Single-layer copper habaki.
Blade Length: 42.5 cm (16.73 in).
Curvature: 0.9 cm (0.35 in).
Mekugi Hole: 2 (1 plugged).
Width at Base (Motohaba): 3.29 cm (1.30 in).
Width at Yokote: 2.46 cm (0.97 in).
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.62 cm (0.24 in).
Sword Weight: 420 g.
Era: Edo period, around the Kanbun era (1661-1673).
Shape: A robust wakizashi with wide mihaba and thick kasane.
Bohi are carved on both sides of the blade, and the blade has an elongated kissaki.
Jigane: Well-forged ko-itame hada.
Hamon: Nie-deki notare mixed with gunome-midare.
The boshi continues into an irregular midare pattern.

Features: The Mizuta school of Kunishige had continued from the late Muromachi period, before the Keicho era, and is known for producing blades with a rustic character and prominent ara-nie.
This example by Bitchu no Kuni Mizuta ju Kunishige is considered to be the work of around the fourth-generation Kunishige, who is said to have been the nephew of Ichizo Kunishige.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token.
AoiArt estimation paper: Whole Oshigata.
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Auction Starting Price:350,000JPY

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