Ordering Number: AS25227

Wakizashi in Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature: Mumei (Attributed to Tegai Kanetoshi)
無銘(手掻包俊)

Chūkoto: Wazamono: Jyo Saku: Yamato
We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.
This piece is ranked as Jyojyo Saku among works attributed to Mumei (Tegai Kanetoshi).
Habaki: Single gold foil habaki
Blade Length: 54.6 cm (21.50 in)
Curvature: 1.2 cm (0.47 in)
Mekugi Hole: 2
Width at Base (Motohaba): 2.59 cm (1.02 in)
Width at Tip (Sakihaba): 1.89 cm (0.74 in)
Thickness of rim (Kasane): 0.60 cm (0.24 in)
Sword Weight: 475 g
Shape: An unsigned blade with ō-suriage modification. Standard width and thickness.
The blade features a bohi (groove) and an extended kissaki.
Jigane: Very dense jigane, bright and clear in appearance.
Hamon: Nioi-based suguha with ko-ashi entering and activity of double hamon (nijūba).
The boshi is hakikake.
A beautiful and tightly forged blade in the Yamato tradition.

Features: Tegai Kanetoshi was a swordsmith of the Yamato Tegai school and a student of Tegai Kanehiro.
The first generation is said to have worked around the Eitoku era in the Nanbokucho period (circa 1381–1384).

Koshirae:
Tsuba: Iron tsuba of an unusual shape, inlaid with sayagata pattern in gold.
Signature: Yoshihisa (良久).
Fuchi: Silver base engraved with dragons and waves.
Signature: Fujii Yoshitaka (藤井義敬).
Kashira: Plain (no decoration).
Saya (Scabbard): Black ro-iro lacquer saya with carved diagonal patterns.
Menuki: Shakudo nanakoji with paulownia crests (kiri mon) in gold.

Aoi Art’s Comment: This is an unsigned blade attributed to Tegai Kanetoshi, likely made around the mid-Muromachi period (circa 1452).
The jigane is exceptionally refined and beautifully forged.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper ：Whole Oshigata

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Auction Starting Price:750,000JPY

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