INSCRIBED KUNIYASU SHOSAKU KUNIMASA WITH GOLD INLAID CUTTING TEST FUTATSU-DO KIRIOTOSHI YAMANO KAEMON NAGAHISA (KAO), EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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A Horikawa School Katana
Inscribed Kuniyasu shosaku Kunimasa with gold inlaid cutting test Futatsu-do kiriotoshi Yamano Kaemon Nagahisa (kao), Edo Period (17th Century)
Blade honzukuri, iori-mune, extended chu-kissaki, forging pattern itame loosely forged mokume, tempered edge midare of nie, ko-maru boshi, tang suriage, two holes (one plugged), double silvered copper habaki, koshirae comprising black ishimeji lacquer saya, shakudo ishimeji fuchi-kashira with dragonflies in takazogan, signed Masanori (kao), shakudo and gilt menuki of hachi-mokkogata, iron tsuba in kachu-shi style, signed Oizumishi Shigeshi, nagasa 75.8cm., sori 1.5cm., motohaba 3.3cm., sakihaba 2.4cm., in shirasaya

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Lot Essay

The inscription implies that a smith named Kunimasa attributes the blade to the shosaku [true work] of the smith Kuniyasu. The rough appearance of the jigane and the large gunome midare hamon in large nie of this fine blade are typical of Horikawa School work, and the dimensions of the blade indicate that it is an early shinto. However, it is difficult to say which smiths the Kuniyasu and Kunimasa of the inscription allude to.
The cutting test inscription reads that Yamano Ka'uemon Nagahisa cut through two human bodies with one stroke with this blade.

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