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Lot Essay
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [sword especially worthy of preserving] no. 150326 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 23 June 2005.
Several generations of smiths signing Kanenori worked in Seki, Mino Province from the early 15th century and throughout the Muromachi period. They were known as the San'ami school from the Buddhist name of the first generation Shirozaemon no jo Kanaenori of the Naoe Shizu group (see Lot 248). The two grooves on the omote are often called gamabashi, [ritual tongs] used in the Gomae ceremony of esoteric Buddhism in which fire is used to bring about a manifestation of the deity Fudo Myo-o. Later smiths worked in Kyoto, but this blade appears to be by one of the early generations.
Several generations of smiths signing Kanenori worked in Seki, Mino Province from the early 15th century and throughout the Muromachi period. They were known as the San'ami school from the Buddhist name of the first generation Shirozaemon no jo Kanaenori of the Naoe Shizu group (see Lot 248). The two grooves on the omote are often called gamabashi, [ritual tongs] used in the Gomae ceremony of esoteric Buddhism in which fire is used to bring about a manifestation of the deity Fudo Myo-o. Later smiths worked in Kyoto, but this blade appears to be by one of the early generations.