Ordering Number: AS26144

Wakizashi in Shirasaya(NBTHK Hozon Token)

Inscription:
Kaga-ju Masamine Saku 加賀国住正峯作(Living National Treasure)
Showa Tsuchinoe-saru nen Hachigatsu Hi 昭和戊申年八月日
Ouju Mr. Suzuki Masayuki 応需鈴木政行氏
(Made at the request of Mr. Suzuki Masayuki in August 1968)

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

Habaki: gold-plated double habaki
Blade Length: 35.4cm (13.94in)
Curvature: 0.4cm (0.16in)
Mekugi-ana: 1
Motohaba: 3.18cm (1.25in)
Kasane: 0.53cm (0.21in)
Weight: 245g

Era: modern times, 1968
Shape: long and wide tanto with Mitsumune carved with two lines of hi.
Jigane: Koitame mixed with Komoku covered with fine chikei and jinie.
Hamon: Rounded gunomemidare with fine nie making sunagashi. Nioikuchi is thick and bright.

Features:
Sumitani Masamine was a swordsmith from Ishikawa Prefecture, born in 1921. After graduating from Ritsumeikan University in 1941, he entered the Ritsumeikan Japanese Sword Forging Research Institute, where he studied under Sakurai Masayuki. He later became independent and established his own Japanese sword forging workshop, Sanryutei, in his hometown of Matto City, Ishikawa Prefecture, where he produced many works. He received numerous awards, including the prestigious Masamune Prize, and was designated a Living National Treasure in 1981. He passed away in 1998 at the age of 77.
This work is a fine, slightly elongated tanto characteristic of Masamine, with abundant nie in both the ji and ha, giving the blade a bright and clear appearance.

NBTHK Hozon Certificate to be issued in December
Aoi-Art estimation Paper
whole Oshigata

Please note: the price does not include the shipping fees.

Auction Starting Price:1,200,000JPY

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