A Bizen School Tachi

SIGNED BIZEN NO KUNI JU UNSHO, LATE KAMAKURA PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)

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A Bizen School Tachi
Signed Bizen no kuni ju Unsho, late Kamakura period (14th century)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, deep koshizori, extended chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: tight itame with jinie and chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: hoso-suguha of ko-nie with gunome, ashi
Boshi [tip]: continuation of hamon, short kaeri
Horimono [carvings]: bohi both sides
Nakago [tang]: suriage, 3 holes
Habaki [collar]: double, gold
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 75.8 cm.
Sori [curvature]: 2.8 cm.
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 3.3 cm.
Sakihaba [width before tip]: 2.2 cm.

拍品專文

The Bizen Unrui school is thought to have derived from migrants from Kyoto in the late Kamakura period. Unsho and the following generation, Unji, were once thought to have originally been the smiths Kunitomo and Kuniyoshi. In some respects their blades are reminiscent of the Rai school of Yamashiro, and, as might be expected, share similarities with contemporary neighbouring groups in Bizen and Bitchu.