Details
A SHINSHINTO SATSUMA HOKI WAKIZASHI
EDO PERIOD, DATED 1793, SIGNED HOKI [NO] KAMI TAIRA ASON MASAYUKI
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 8 sun, 1 bu (55.2cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori of 1.0cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.9cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): ko-itame with ji-nie.
Tempering pattern (hamon): undulations (gonome) in nie.
Point (boshi): flame-brushed tip (hakikake).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): strongly tapering and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): reverse katte-sagari; end (nakagojiri): iriyamagata; holes (mekugi-ana): one; signature (katanamei): Hoki [no] Kami Taira Ason Masayuki, dated Kansei 5 (1793), 2nd month.
Shirasaya with attestation signed Kunzan (Homma Junji).
Accompanied by a koshu tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 21084, dated Showa 57 (1982); and a tokubetsu hozon token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 100868, dated Showa 60 (1985).
EDO PERIOD, DATED 1793, SIGNED HOKI [NO] KAMI TAIRA ASON MASAYUKI
Configuration (sugata): with longitudinal ridge line (shinogi-zukuri), shallow peaked back (iori-mune) and medium point (chu-kissaki); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 8 sun, 1 bu (55.2cm.); curvature (sori): koshi-zori of 1.0cm.; increase in width of blade (fumbari): 0.9cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): ko-itame with ji-nie.
Tempering pattern (hamon): undulations (gonome) in nie.
Point (boshi): flame-brushed tip (hakikake).
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): strongly tapering and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): reverse katte-sagari; end (nakagojiri): iriyamagata; holes (mekugi-ana): one; signature (katanamei): Hoki [no] Kami Taira Ason Masayuki, dated Kansei 5 (1793), 2nd month.
Shirasaya with attestation signed Kunzan (Homma Junji).
Accompanied by a koshu tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 21084, dated Showa 57 (1982); and a tokubetsu hozon token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 100868, dated Showa 60 (1985).
Provenance
Andrew F. Quirt