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An Osaka wakizashi
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An Osaka wakizashi

EDO PERIOD (EARLY 17TH CENTURY), SIGNED SESSHU [NO] JU FUJIWARA SUKEHIRO

Fermé15 September 2010

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An Osaka wakizashi
Edo period (early 17th century), signed Sesshu [No] Ju Fujiwara Sukehiro
Sugata [configuration]: Hon-zukuri, even width, shallow curve, iori-mune, chu-gissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Close bright ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Gunome-midare with choji, many substantial ashi, kinsuji, notably a long bright kinsuji on the omote, of dense nie
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: Ubu, two mekugi-ana, osujigai file marks, iriyamagata jiri
Habaki [collar]: Single gold-clad silver
Nagasa [length of blade]: 41.8cm
Koshirae [mounting]: Shirasaya

Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Koshu tokubetsu kicho token (Sword worthy of preserving) no. 18909 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), 1979.5.26

Note du spécialiste

The smith, known as "Soboro" Sukehiro, came from Tsuda in Harima province. He entered the school of Kunisuke in Osaka, and consequently worked in the Ishido Bizen style of that smith. His son, Echizen no kami Sukehiro, was to establish the fashion for the "toranba" hamon (a billowing temper line)