UNSIGNED, NAMBOKUCHO PERIOD (EARLY 14TH CENTURY)

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A Wakizashi
Unsigned, Nambokucho Period (Early 14th Century)
Blade shobu-zukuri, forging pattern o-itame almost ayasugi with jinie and shirake like utsuri, masame on shinogi, tempered edge hoso-suguha of nioi, ko-maru boshi, tang o-suriage, two holes (one plugged), nagasa 48cm., sori 1.2cm., motohaba 2.8cm., in shirasaya

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The registration document ascribes the sword to Jitsua. This smith is said to have been the pupil of Sairen in Chikuzen Province, active around the end of the Kamakura and beginning of the Nambokucho Period. Old documents state that he was the teacher of Samonji. The characteristics of this sword, particularly the large bands of shirake following the flowing oitame grain, and the narrow suguha with a moist nioiguchi, are in conformance with the attribution.

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