Japanese
移り
Definition
(jap. utsuru - to be reflected) 'Reflections' of hamon in the ji. However, its shape may also be different from hamon. Utsuri is not as strong as the haom and in order to see it clearly the blade must be held against the light source. There are different types of utsuri based on the shape:
Also there are references to:
- yakidashi-utsuri 焼出映り - whitish utsuri close to hamachi
- seki-utsuri 関映り - utsuri present on some blades from Seki (Mino province)
- sugu-utsuri 直映り - see bo-utsuri
- kuro-utsuri 黒映り - is it the same as jifu-utsuri?
