.jpg?w=1)
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (LATE 14TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED SEIKAI FUKUTO NARI (SECOND SWORD OF SEIKAI)
Details
A Katana
Nanbokucho period (late 14th century), inscribed Seikai fukuto nari (Second sword of Seikai)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, extended kissaki and slight koshizori
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame mixed with mokume of jinie with chikei and tobiyaki
Hamon [tempering pattern]: hako gunome
Boshi [tip]: midare komi
Horimono [carving]: bohi ni soehi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage, two holes
Habaki [collar]: wood
In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard]
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 67.6cm.
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 3.5cm.
Sakihaba [width at tip]: 2.2cm.
With a Tokubetsu Hozon (Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 2003.12.25.
Nanbokucho period (late 14th century), inscribed Seikai fukuto nari (Second sword of Seikai)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, extended kissaki and slight koshizori
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame mixed with mokume of jinie with chikei and tobiyaki
Hamon [tempering pattern]: hako gunome
Boshi [tip]: midare komi
Horimono [carving]: bohi ni soehi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage, two holes
Habaki [collar]: wood
In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard]
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 67.6cm.
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 3.5cm.
Sakihaba [width at tip]: 2.2cm.
With a Tokubetsu Hozon (Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 2003.12.25.