Ordering Number: AS26434

Wakizashi in Shirasaya(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Inscription: Hida-no-kami Fujiwara Ujifusa 飛騨守藤原氏房

We divide works in to Saijo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku,and Regular Saku.
This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for Ujifusa 氏房.

Habaki: Wooden Habaki (included with the Shirasaya)
Blade Length: 49.2cm (19.37in)
Curvature: 1.0cm (0.39in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 3.02cm (1.19in)
Sakihaba: 2.19cm (0.86in)
Kasane: 0.68cm (0.27in)
Weight: 455g

Era: early Edo period, early 17th century
Shape: slightly carved wakizashi with big curvature.
Jigane: Ko-itame hada with Ji-nie.
Hamon: Nie-deki Gunome midare with rough nie.

Features:
Hida-no-kami Ujifusa was an Owari swordsmith counted among the Owari Sansaku, the three great swordsmiths of Owari Province. As a youth, Ujifusa moved from Mino to Owari together with his father, Wakasa no Kami Ujifusa, who served Oda Nobunaga as a swordsmith.　He served the Oda clan as a page (koshō). After his lord, Oda Nobutaka, was defeated in the succession struggle following Oda Nobunaga's death and died, Ujifusa turned to swordsmithing and studied under his father, Wakasa no Kami Ujifusa, as well as Hōki no Kami Nobutaka. In 1592, he was granted the honorary title of Hida no Kami.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata

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Auction Starting Price:500,000JPY

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