A Shin-shinto Katana

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SOJI CHIKUZEN DAIJO TAIKEI FUJI NAOTANE AND WITH KAO AND DATED BUNSEI YONEN CHUSHU (EIGHTH MONTH OF 1821)

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A Shin-shinto Katana
Edo period (19th century), signed Soji Chikuzen Daijo Taikei Fuji Naotane and with kao and dated Bunsei yonen chushu (eighth month of 1821)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune slight toriizori and chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: mokume with o-hada and chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: choji midare of nioi
Boshi [tip]: notare komi
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kurijiri with one hole and sujikai file marks
Habaki [collar]: single, silvered-copper
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 68.9cm.
Koshirae [set of mounts]: saya of polished lacquered-sharkskin with an iron oval plate tsuba decorated with plants and flowers in fan-shaped panels in gold nunome zogan and pierced with a diamond-shaped aperture and gilt rim, shakudo nanako-ji fuchi-kashira with Chinese lions and peonies in gold and shakudo takazogan, silver and gold peony menuki
The blade with a Tokubetsu Hozon Token (Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) dated 2004.2.9

Lot Essay

Taikei Naotane (1778-1857) was one of the most respected sword smiths of the late Edo period. He was born in Yamagata prefecture and studied under Suishishi Masahide (1750-1825). Following the forging techniques and styles of the so-called "five traditions" (gokaden), Yamashiro, Sagami, Bizen, Yamato and Mino, Naotane produced many different types of blades.

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