Details
A TACHI ATTRIBUTED TO THE SHIKKAKE YAMATO GROUP
KAMAKURA PERIOD (FIRST HALF OF THE 14TH CENTURY)
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 2 sun, 9 bu (69.5cm.); curvature (sori): very strong torii-zori of 3.1cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.8cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): fine wood grain (itame).
Tempering pattern (hamon): ko-choji with midare in ko-nie.
Point (boshi): medium and rounded (chu-maru) with no kaeri.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): o-suriage; file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): squared (kirijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three (one plugged); signature (mei): unsigned (mumei).
Shirasaya.
Kazari-tachi-koshirae, Edo period, 19th century, comprising: a nashiji saya decorated with fundame ho-o and fitted with full gilt and shakudo mounts engraved with scrolling foliage and highlighted with enamelled dei-shippo karakusa-mon; the yamagata kanamono decorated with large shippo stylized foliage, unsigned--length of koshirae 101.5cm.; length of tsuka 24.6cm.
Brocade and silk storage bags.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 353132, dated Showa 53 (1978), attributing the blade to (Mino) Jumyo; a tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 60, dated Showa 53 (1978); and a koshu tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 17701, dated Showa 53 (1978).
KAMAKURA PERIOD (FIRST HALF OF THE 14TH CENTURY)
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 2 sun, 9 bu (69.5cm.); curvature (sori): very strong torii-zori of 3.1cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.8cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): fine wood grain (itame).
Tempering pattern (hamon): ko-choji with midare in ko-nie.
Point (boshi): medium and rounded (chu-maru) with no kaeri.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): o-suriage; file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): squared (kirijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three (one plugged); signature (mei): unsigned (mumei).
Shirasaya.
Kazari-tachi-koshirae, Edo period, 19th century, comprising: a nashiji saya decorated with fundame ho-o and fitted with full gilt and shakudo mounts engraved with scrolling foliage and highlighted with enamelled dei-shippo karakusa-mon; the yamagata kanamono decorated with large shippo stylized foliage, unsigned--length of koshirae 101.5cm.; length of tsuka 24.6cm.
Brocade and silk storage bags.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 353132, dated Showa 53 (1978), attributing the blade to (Mino) Jumyo; a tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 60, dated Showa 53 (1978); and a koshu tokubetsu kicho koshirae certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 17701, dated Showa 53 (1978).
Provenance
Masakata Katayama, New York