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AN OSAKA KATANA
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AN OSAKA KATANA

SIGNED KAWACHI (NO) KAMI KUNISUKE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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AN OSAKA KATANA
SIGNED KAWACHI (NO) KAMI KUNISUKE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
SUGATA [CONFIGURATION]: HONZUKURI, IORI-MUNE, CHU-KISSAKI, SHALLOW CURVE NARROWING EVENLY TOWARDS THE POINT
KITAE [FORGING PATTERN]: BRIGHT CLOSE-PACKED ITAME
HAMON [TEMPERING PATTERN]: WIDE KOBUSHI-GATA CHOJI WITH ASHI OF NIOI WITH KO-NIE
BOSHI [TIP]: KO-MARU
NAKAGO [TANG]: UBU WITH ONE HOLE, STEEPLY NARROWING, WITH IRIYAMAGATA TIP AND OSUJIGAI FILE MARKS
HABAKI [COLLAR]: SINGLE GILT COPPER
NAGASA [LENGTH OF BLADE]: 70.8CM
KOSHIRAE [MOUNTING]: UCHIGATANA KOSHIRAE WITH BLACK LACQUER SCABBARD AND PALE BUFF HILT BINDING. THE FUCHI-KASHIRA ARE OF A SWORDSMITH AND FIGURES BEFORE A TORII IN IROE TAKAZOGAN ON A SHAKUDO NANAKO GROUND, SIGNED KANEISHI KANENORI (18TH CENTURY). MATCHING KOZUKA AND KOGAI ARE OF CHINESE FIGURES SEVERALLY SEATED WITH VARIOUS GOODS BENEATH PINES THROUGH WHICH WALK DEER. A ROUND SHAKUDO NANAKO TSUBA WITH HORSES AMONG GRASSES IN GOLD-CLAD HIGH RELIEF, AND A GOLD FUKURIN, SIGNED KIKUOKA MITSUYUKI

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ACCOMPANIED BY A TOKUBETSU HOZON TOKEN [SWORD ESPECIALLY WORTHY OF PRESERVING] CERTIFICATE NO. 100355 ISSUED BY THE NIHON BIJUTSU TOKEN HOZON KYOKAI [SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE JAPANESE ART SWORD] ON 24 FEBRUARY 1984.

THE SMITH IS THE SECOND GENERATION KUNISUKE OF OSAKA KNOWN AS 'NAKA KAWACHI', WHO WAS ACTIVE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE 17TH CENTURY. HIS FATHER KUNISUKE I STUDIED UNDER HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO, AND WAS ONE OF THE LEADING SMITHS WHO MIGRATED TO OSAKA DURING THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY. THE SECOND GENERATION IS KNOWN FOR HIS CHARACTERISTIC KOBUSHI-GATA [FIST-SHAPED] CHOJI, AS SEEN ON THIS SWORD, AND HIS CLEAR BRIGHT JIGANE. THE HAMON HAS THE TYPICAL SWEEPING YAKIDASHI OF OSAKA SHINTO.