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A CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI KATANA
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1715), SIGNED CHIKUSHU [NO] JU MINAMOTO NOBUKUNI SHIGEKANE
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 2 sun, 2.5 bu (67.6cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori
of 2.0cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 1.1cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): extremely fine and dense masame. Tempering pattern (hamon): elaborate ko-midare and kawazuko choji midare with some saka choji midare and tobiyaki.
Point (boshi): midare-komi and medium kaeri.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): wide, slightly upturned and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): sujikai; end (nakagojiri): squared (kirijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (katanamei): Chikushu [no] ju Minamoto Nobukuni Shigekane.
Shirasaya.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 361196, dated Showa 53 (1978); and a kochu tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 17082, dated Showa 53 (1978).
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1715), SIGNED CHIKUSHU [NO] JU MINAMOTO NOBUKUNI SHIGEKANE
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 2 shaku, 2 sun, 2.5 bu (67.6cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori
of 2.0cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 1.1cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): extremely fine and dense masame. Tempering pattern (hamon): elaborate ko-midare and kawazuko choji midare with some saka choji midare and tobiyaki.
Point (boshi): midare-komi and medium kaeri.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): wide, slightly upturned and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): sujikai; end (nakagojiri): squared (kirijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (katanamei): Chikushu [no] ju Minamoto Nobukuni Shigekane.
Shirasaya.
Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 361196, dated Showa 53 (1978); and a kochu tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 17082, dated Showa 53 (1978).
Provenance
John Yumoto, San Mateo, California