Nihonto Club

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.

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