UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO MORIKAGE, EARLY MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY)

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A Bizen School Katana
Unsigned, attributed to Morikage, Early Muromachi Period (15th Century)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, koshizori

Kitae [forging pattern]: running itame

Hamon [tempering pattern]: choji, ashi, ko-nie

Boshi [tip]: yakitsume

Horimono [carvings]: bohi on both sides

Nakago [tang]: o-suriage, four holes (two plugged)

Habaki [collar]: single, copper-gilt

In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]: with an attribution to Morikage
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 71.4cm.

Sori [curvature]: 1.6cm.

Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 3.2cm.

Sakihaba [width before tip]: 2.3cm.

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Lot Essay

The sayagaki attributes this unsigned blade to Morikage. There were four or more generations of smiths of the Omiya Bizen School who signed with the name Morikage from the end of the 14th century through the first half of the 15th century. This sword has the typical dimensions of a Nambokucho Period cut-down tachi.

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