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Lot Essay
The blade accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving] certificate no.147664, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 8 August 2002 and a Tokubetsu Kicho Kodogu certificate no.382, issued by the Nihon Bijutssu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], on 28 March 1965 for the scabbard.
The group of smiths working at Mihara in Bingo Province, the southern part of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture, descended from Masaie during the Kamakura Period, and were active until around the middle of the Muromachi period. Their work is similar to the Yamato style, often with masame or flowing grain, a high shinogi, and a hamon of suguha in nie as in this blade.
The group of smiths working at Mihara in Bingo Province, the southern part of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture, descended from Masaie during the Kamakura Period, and were active until around the middle of the Muromachi period. Their work is similar to the Yamato style, often with masame or flowing grain, a high shinogi, and a hamon of suguha in nie as in this blade.