Norimune

Sword ID 0000-0016  
Mei
則宗
norimune
Type Tachi Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 78.7 Sori (cm) 2.8
Moto-haba (cm) 2.6 Saki-haba (cm) 1.6
Moto-kasane (cm) Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago  

Attribution

Smith Norimune School Ko-Ichimonji
Period Kamakura (1184-1336) Year
References[?] NN-2-8-27, NK-9-F56, NK-9-175, JS-98, FFB-52
Links
Location Hie Shrine, Tokyo
Certificate Type Certificate ID  

History

Tokugawa Tokumatsu visited the Hie Shrine on the 3rd of Shōhō (1646) and presented this blade to the shrine where it remains since.

Workmanship and style

Shape and construction

Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune. Deep koshi-zori with very strong funbari. Ko-kissaki.

Hamon

Nioi-fukashi ko-midare with ko-choji mixed together and there is an abundance of ko-nie which turns into ashi and yō all along the blade. There is kinsuji.

Boshi

Boshi in ko-maru with little hakikake at the tip.

Jitetsu and hada

Tight ko-itame hada with abundant chikei. Strong midare-utsuri.

Nakago

A thinnish kiji-momo nakago is ubu. Yasurime is katte-sagari. The tip is kuri-jiri. Delicate mei is above the mekugi-ana on the tachi-omote side.

Koshirae[1]

The blade is in an itomaki tachi saya which believed to have been made for the particular purpose of presentation to the shrine. Metalwork is in shakudo nanako with gold Aoe mon chirashi. The lacquer work is in Aoe mon makie.


References

  1. Famous Swords - Kokuho, Yamanaka, Albert , Nihonto Newsletter, Volume I-III, (1968)