SIGNED SOSHU JU ISE DAIJO TSUNAHIRO, EDO PERIOD (17 CENTURY)

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A SOSHU WAKIZAZHI
SIGNED SOSHU JU ISE DAIJO TSUNAHIRO, EDO PERIOD (17 CENTURY)
SUGATA [CONFIGURATION]: BROAD HONZUKURI, IORI MUNE, SHALLOW CURVE, CHU-KISSAKI
KITAE [FORGING PATTERN]: KO-ITAME WITH MOKUME
HAMON [TEMPERING PATTERN]: GUNOME WITH KO-MIDARE
BOSHI [TIP]: HAKIKAKE AND ICHIMAI
HORIMONO [CARVINGS]: MARUDOME BOHI
NAKAGO [TANG]: UBU, ONE HOLE KATTE SAGARI YASURIME, HA-AGARI IRIYAMAGATA TIP
HABAKI [COLLAR]: SINGLE COPPER
NAGASA [LENGTH OF BLADE]: 46.3CM
KOSHIRAE [MOUNTING]: WAKIZASHI KOSHIRAE WITH BLACK LACQUER RIBBED SAYA, HILT OF GOLD NASHIJI LACQUER, FUCHI-KASHIRA OF IRON AND CENTRAL BAND OF SHAKUDO CARVED AND INLAID IN HIGH RELIEF WITH GOLD, SHAKUDO AND SILVER AUSPICIOUS EMBLEMS. MOKKO-GATA TSUBA OF IRON, PIERCED WITH A FLORAL MOTIF

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ACCOMPANIED BY A HOZON TOKEN [SWORD WORTHY OF PRESERVING] CERTIFICATE NO. 369323 ISSUED BY THE NIHON BIJUTSU TOKEN HOZON KYOKAI [SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE JAPANESE ART SWORD] ON 21ST DECEMBER 2004.

THE SMITH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIFTH GENERATION TSUNAHIRO (D.1698) OF SOSHU PROVINCE, AND LIVED AT SENSHUDANI IN SOSHU AROUND 1660, ALTHOUGH HIS WORK DEPARTS SOMEWHAT FROM THE SOSHU TRADITION. HE WAS ACCORDED THE TITLE 'ISE DAIJO' PROBABLY DURING THE 1660S. ACCORDING TO ONE THEORY HE IS SAID TO HAVE TAUGHT NAGASONE KOTETSU.

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