Details
A MINO NAOE SHIZU KATANA
NAMBOKUCHO PERIOD (CIRCA 1370), SIGNED KANETSUGU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 2 sun, 6 bu (68.8cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori of 1.4cm.; carving (horimono): bo-hi on both sides ending with kaki-nagashi deep within the tang.
Forging pattern (jihada): itame masame with some mokume in areas.
Tempering pattern (hamon): narrow suguba in ko-nie.
Point (boshi): flame-brushed tip (hakikake) of nie and ara-nie.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): o-suriage; file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three (one plugged); signature (katanamei): Kanetsugu.
Shirasaya.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 5504852, dated Showa 55 (1980).
NAMBOKUCHO PERIOD (CIRCA 1370), SIGNED KANETSUGU
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 2 sun, 6 bu (68.8cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori of 1.4cm.; carving (horimono): bo-hi on both sides ending with kaki-nagashi deep within the tang.
Forging pattern (jihada): itame masame with some mokume in areas.
Tempering pattern (hamon): narrow suguba in ko-nie.
Point (boshi): flame-brushed tip (hakikake) of nie and ara-nie.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): o-suriage; file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three (one plugged); signature (katanamei): Kanetsugu.
Shirasaya.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 5504852, dated Showa 55 (1980).
Provenance
Joseph U. Seo, New York