SIGNED SURUGA (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA MORIMICHI, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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AN OWARI KATANA
SIGNED SURUGA (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA MORIMICHI, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri katana with even deep curve, iori-mune, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame hada rich in jinie overall Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha of nie with slight notare, ko-gunome with ashi
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: suriage, osujigai file marks on original portion, two mekugi-ana one of which double, shallow kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 70.9cm
Horimono [carving]: marudome bohi
Koshirae [mounting]: fine handachi mounting with black lacquer saya, the top 20cm ribbed, the lower part with fine shallow nashiji, matching metal fittings of yamagane and shakudo with bold inlaid cherry blossoms and leaves, the menuki of double pawlonia mon on roundels of the same metals, the mokko tsuba of leather or other organic material lacquered black, pierced with four 'boar's eyes' (2)

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Lot Essay

This fine blade appears to be by the first generation Morimichi working in Owari Province, and is in the robust shape of early shinto. The second generation worked around the Kanbun era and sometimes signed Sanpin Fujiwara Morimichi. Swords signed Musashi no kami Fujiwara Morimichi and Kaga no kami Fujiwara Morimichi have the same tang characteristics and the calligraphy suggests they are by the same second generation smith.

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