A MINO KATANA

SIGNED SURUGA (N0) KAMI MORIMICHI, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

细节

A MINO KATANA
SIGNED SURUGA (N0) KAMI MORIMICHI, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri of even breadth and shallow curve, iori mune, chu kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: close ko-itame with ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: o-notare with gunome at the peaks, yo, some midare with niju-ba
Boshi [tip]: midare komi with copious ko-nie
Horimono [carvings]: bohi nagashi
Nakago [tang]: one mekugi-ana, katte sagari file marks with kesho, rounded iriyama-gata jiri
Habaki [collar]: double shakudo-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 61.1cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: katana koshirae, black ishimeji lacquered scabbard, round iron tsuba with gilt yamagane fukurin and with plum blossoms of iron, silver, and gilt carved and inlaid in high relief, matching fuchi-kashira and menuki of shakudo with gold inlaid plum blossoms

拍品专文

Three generations named Morimichi with the title Suruga no kami worked during the 17th century, the first in Mino during the Keicho era (1596 - 1615) , the second in Kyoto, and the third in Owari province. Other related smiths were titled Kaga no kami and Musashi no kami. All three and other smiths worked at times in Owari, suggesting some degree of favour from the lords of that province, the Tokugawa branch family.