A Hizen Daisho With Mountings
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A Hizen Daisho With Mountings

THE KATANA, SIGNED ON THE TACHI-OMOTE, HIZEN KUNI JU MINAMOTO MUNETSUGU, ON THE URA OJU KEIO SANNEN [1867] TE-BO TOSHI AKI HACHIGATSU KICHI SHIN THE WAKIZASHI, SIGNED ON THE KATANA OMOTE, HIZEN KUNI YOSHIKANE, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A Hizen Daisho With Mountings
The katana, signed on the tachi-omote, Hizen Kuni ju Minamoto Munetsugu, on the ura Oju Keio sannen [1867] te-bo toshi aki hachigatsu kichi shin
The wakizashi, signed on the katana omote, Hizen Kuni Yoshikane, Edo period (19th Century)
The katana:
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, even curve
Kitae [forging pattern]: koitame with jinie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome choji with a long yakidashi of shallow notare with many ashi of konie
Boshi [tip]: komaru
Nakago [tang]: ubu with one hole, shallow ha-agari kurijiri tip, on the tachi omote kiri file marks, on the ura katte sagari file marks
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 67cm.
The wakizashi:
Sugata [configuration]: broad honzukuri, iori-mune, with o-kissaki and shallow curve
Kitae [forging pattern]: koitame with jinie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: regularly-spaced gunome with the peaks contrived into a double choji formation, and the valleys in broad suguha
Boshi [tip]: choji midare-kome with a komaru return
Horimono [carvings]: kakinagashi bohi extending slightly beyond the yokote
Nakago [tang]: ubu with one hole, a ha-agari kurijiri tip, and katte agari file marks
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 37.4cm.

The scabbards richly lacquered with gold and other nashiji, with a profusion of cherry blossoms in gold maki-e (2)
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The katana is accompanied by a Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving] certificate no.149755, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 27 December 2004 and the wakizashi by a Hozon Token [Sword Worthy of Preserving] certificate no.369537, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 21 December 2004.

Both shinshinto swords were made just before the Meiji Restoration of 1868, and only a decade or so before the Haitorei of 1876 which prohibited the customary wearing of swords in public. Yoshikane was a pupil of Tadayoshi VII.

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