拍品專文
The Tegai school is said to have been named after the Tengai Gate of Todaiji Temple in Nara. Kanenaga was a forerunner of the school, active during the middle Kamakura period around the end of the thirteenth century. This wakizashi blade has been cut down from a much longer tachi, yet retains an elegant curvature and exhibits the characteristics of the finest work of the smith.