Lot Essay
The first Kinju was a pupil of Masamune and later moved to Mino. This blade is probably by the 2nd generation, circa 1365.
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KINZOGAN MEI: KINJU, NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)
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A FINE NANBOKUCHO TACHI BLADE ATTRIBUTED TO KINJU
Kinzogan mei: Kinju, Nanbokucho Period (14th Century)
The blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with extended chugissaki, itame-masame with o-mokumehada and chikei and dense ji-nie, ko-midare hamon of nie with much sunagashi, hakikakke boshi, o-suriage nakago, Mino Province, 27½in. (69.9cm), in its black ishimeji lacquer saya decorated with gilt kuyo mon, gilt edged shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, seme and kojiri, similar tachi ashi, Otafuku mokkogata shakudo ishimeji katana tsuba with large hitsuana and etched in low relief with kiri, shakudo rim, gilt kiri menuki, 19th century
Kinzogan mei: Kinju, Nanbokucho Period (14th Century)
The blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with extended chugissaki, itame-masame with o-mokumehada and chikei and dense ji-nie, ko-midare hamon of nie with much sunagashi, hakikakke boshi, o-suriage nakago, Mino Province, 27½in. (69.9cm), in its black ishimeji lacquer saya decorated with gilt kuyo mon, gilt edged shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, seme and kojiri, similar tachi ashi, Otafuku mokkogata shakudo ishimeji katana tsuba with large hitsuana and etched in low relief with kiri, shakudo rim, gilt kiri menuki, 19th century
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