Ordering number: 23234
Wakizashi in Shirasaya(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
Signature: Chrysanthemum Crest/ Takai Echizen Kami Minamoto Rai Nobuyoshi
菊紋 高井越前守源来信吉
Motte Shisotetsu Tsukuru Kore
以完粟鉄作之
(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.
The blade is polished.
Habaki: Copper Habaki with gold color
Blade length:59.4cm or 23.38inches.
Sori:1.96cm or 0.77inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi:3.03cm or 1.19inches.
Width at the Kissaki:1.94cm or 0.76inches.
Kasane:0.68cm or 0.26inches.
The weight of the sword:550grams
Era: Around the Edo period
Shape: The blade is broad and thick with deep Sori. There are Bohi on both sides. Kissaki is longer.
Jigane: Koitamehada is dense to be beautiful Osaka Jigane.
Hamon: Niedeki Gunomemidare with deep Nioikuchi. Great Toranba. The edge is soft and smoky. Boshi is rounded and deep Hamon turns back.
Special feature: Takai Echizen Kami Rai Nobuyoshi was really skilled so he could make this kind of elaborate Hamon. Tsuruta thinks that this type of Toranba is one of the greatest swords that he ever made.
From Aoi Art: It says “Motte Kan Awa Tetsu”(以完粟鉄作之) but this is actually wrong. It has to be Shisotetsu(宍粟鉄). It is a special iron that was produced around the north Shisho-city. Some swordsmiths often engraved this Kanji wrong. We call the ruins of ironworks as “Tetsuzan Ato” and even today we can find some residues of iron there. This blade is made of special iron and very rare.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token paper
Aoi Art estimation paper:whole Oshigata by Ayaka Tsuruta
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