SIGNED KAWACHI NO KAMI FUJIWARA KUNISUKE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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An Osaka Katana
Signed Kawachi no kami Fujiwara Kunisuke, Edo Period (17th Century)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki

Kitae [forging pattern]: itame with jinie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: wide midare of nie with kinsuji

Boshi [tip]: midare komi

Nakago [tang]: ubu, iriyama end, two holes

Habaki [collar]: double, gilt-copper

In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]

Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 75.4cm.

Sori [curvature]: 1.7cm.

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

Sakihaba [width before tip]: 2.2cm.

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Lot Essay

Kawachi no kami Kunisuke (d. 1647) was a native of Kameyama in Ise Province, who studied under Horikawa Kunihiro in Kyoto (Lot 3). He moved to Osaka, and his school continued after his son 'Naka Kawachi' (famous for his kobushi-gata, or 'fist-shaped' choji hamon) for a number of generations.

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