Ordering number: 22673
Wakizashi in Shirasaya(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
Signature: Kazusa Kami Fujiwara Munemichi
上総守藤原宗道
Echizen Ju
越前住
Shinto: chujo saku: Echizen
(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.
Habaki: Copper single Habaki
The blade is polished.
Blade length:55.15cm or 21.71inches.
Sori:1.51cm or 0.59inches.
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi:3.19cm or 1.25inches.
Width at the Kissaki:2.13cm or 0.83inches.
Kasane:0.71cm or 0.27inches.
The weight of the sword:595grams
Era: The Kanbun era, the Edo period
Shape: The blade is broad and thick with Sori and longer Kissaki. Well-shaped.
Jigane: Koitamehada is grained very well. Beautiful Jigane.
Hamon: Suguha from Hamachi, and rounded Gunomemidare after that. Apparently, it is
similar to Masahiro Hamon, like cumulonimbus in the summer sky. Boshi turns back
round and the tip is Hakikake.
Special feature: The blade is heavy and has enough thickness left: marvelous work.
Tsuruta likes this kind of Hamon the best. We truly recommend this to you.
From Aoi Art: This Wakizashi is as thick and broad as Katana. The blade has enough
thickness and one of the best Hamon types. This is our recommendation.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token paper
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata by Ayaka Tsuruta
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