A Horikawa School Katana

EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED DEWA DAIJO FUJIWARA KUNIMICHI

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A Horikawa School Katana
Edo period (17th century), signed Dewa Daijo Fujiwara Kunimichi
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, toriizori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie and chikei, masame on the shinogi
Hamon [tempering pattern]: o-gunome midare of ko-nie in notare with deep nioi, kinsuji, ashi, sunagashi and some choji
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru with a long return and hakikake
Nakago [tang]: suriage with three holes (two plugged), sujikai file marks
Habaki [collar]: double, gilt-copper
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 72.4cm.
In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard] with attribution inscription written by Honma Junji (Kunzan)
With a Tokubetsu Kicho Token (Especially Precious Sword) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) dated 1976.5.23

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Honma Junji, ed., Kanto hibi sho, vol. II (Records of sword appraisals) (Tokyo: Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai, 1979), pp. 98-99.

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