An Edo-Sekido School Katana

LATE EDO-EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED FUJIWARA KOREKAZU SAKU KORE AND DATED KEIO YONEN NIGATSU NO HI (A DAY IN THE SECOND MONTH OF 1868)

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An Edo-Sekido School Katana
Late Edo-early Meiji period (19th century), signed Fujiwara Korekazu saku kore and dated Keio yonen nigatsu no hi (a day in the second month of 1868)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki with slight torii zori curvature
Kitae [forging pattern]: very faint ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: sanbonsugi of nioi, resembling Kanemoto-school work
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru with midare
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kurijiri with one hole, o-sujikai file marks
Habaki [collar]: single, gilt-copper
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 69.4cm.
In wood shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard] with inscription by Sato Kanzan
Koshirae [set of mounts]: Comprising an orange-lacquer saya decorated with a gold mokume design and with cherry blossoms in gold takamaki-e, the rounded-square iron tsuba decorated with cherry blossoms in gold leaf, the rim gold; iron fuchi-kashira also decorated with gold-leaf cherry blossoms; gilt-metal menuki; koikuchi, kurikata, kaeri-tsuno and kojiri gold lacquer
With a Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preserving) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) dated 1999.2.5

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Please note that the certificate is a Tokubetsu Hozon Token (Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving) certificate.

Lot Essay

Fujiwara Korekazu (1816-1891) was the nephew of the first-generation Kato Tsunatoshi (1798-1863) and was adopted into the Edo-Sekido school of sword makers. He enjoyed the patronage of the Tokugawa shogunate, causing his reputation and social status to grow. Korekazu later became the seventh-generation head of the Edo-Sekido school, one of several branches of the Bizen Ichimonji school of Omi Province.

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