A MINO KATANA

SIGNED MINO (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA (NO) JUMYO (TOSHINAGA), EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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A MINO KATANA
SIGNED MINO (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA (NO) JUMYO (TOSHINAGA), EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri katana with Kambun style shape having a marked reduction in breadth towards the upper part, shallow curve, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: bright close itame with jinie and some flowing grain with chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: tight nioiguchi of choji gunomeba with some togariba, ashi, and kinsuji markedly on the omote, with deep nioi and ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: shallow midare-komi with ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: single mekugi-ana, shallow katte sagari file marks, abrupt ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: single copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 72.5 cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: Higo style koshirae, black-lacquered ishimeji scabbard, long iron kojiri with inome piercings and leaves carved in relief with gold detail, rounded square tsuba with grape vine and stylized flying birds engraved with silver and gold inlay, with fukurin, Higo style iron fuchi-kashira with cherry blossoms in gold and silver nunomezogan, menuki of gilt copper dragons.

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The line of smiths signing Jumyo originated with the grandson of Sotofuji of Yamato, who emigrated to Noshu province during the Onin war. The family worked at Seibu in Ono gun during the Muromachi period, and branch smiths continued in Noshu through the Bakumatsu working mainly in the traditional Mino style gunome hamon. Like the present smith the family were highly regarded, and honorific titles including Kozuke no kami, Kawachi no kami, Sagami noi kami, Tango no kami, and Hitachi no kami were conferred on them.

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