SIGNED SAKAKURA GON-NO-SHIN TERUKANE TEN'NA 2-NEN 2-GATSU HI (1682), EARLY EDO PERIOD

Details

An Osaka Wakizashi
Signed Sakakura Gon-no-shin Terukane Ten'na 2-nen 2-gatsu hi (1682), Early Edo Period
Blade honzukuri, mitsumune, chu-kissaki, forging pattern very tight ko-itame, tempered edge bright gunome of konie ko-maru boshi, sujikai filemarks, tang ubu, one hole, single gilt copper habaki, nagasa 40cm., sori 0.9cm., motohaba 2.8cm., sakihaba 2.2cm., in shirasaya

Literature

The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokubetsu ten, Edo Jidai no Katana to Tosogu (Tokyo, 1999), cat.no.6, p.6

Exhibited

Tokubetsu ten, Edo Jidai no Katana to Tosogu [Special Exhibition, Swords and Sword-fittings of the Edo Period], The Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, Tokyo, April 1999

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Lot Essay

Terukane was a pupil of Echigo no kami Kanesada, and signed also Echigo no kami Kanesada until around 1680, shortly before this sword was made. From then on he used the family surname 'Sakakura' and 'Gon no Shin'. This blade is a typical Osaka shinto of the period, with the flamboyant toramba [billowing] hamon favoured by Sukehiro and his son Sukenao (see Lot 42).

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