Touken Komachi







Katana, Shirasaya
Mumei, attributed to Shigaseki
[ Signature ] omote : no signature ura : -
[ Size ] Blade length 67,0cm (2 shaku 2 sun 1 bu 1 rin), sori 1,7cm (5 bu 6 rin), moto-haba 2,80cm, moto-kasane 0,59cm, saki-haba 1,98cm, saki-kasane 0,43cm, mekugi-ana(holes) 4, blade weight 576g , shirasaya length 93cm
[ Period ] Muromachi, middle of
[ Province ] Mino- Owari
[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune. Both mihaba and kasane are ordinal. Saki-zori attached. Chû-kissaki extended form.
Nakago : Both on omote and ura, there are bou-his. They stop by maru-domes. Suriage. Yasurimes(new) are katte-sagari. Original ones are not clear. Saki is kiri. Four holes.
Jigane : Ko-itame-hada well grained. Mokumes mixed. Jinie attached. Chikei appeared.
Hamon : Gunome-midare. Nioi-kuchi shows shimari-gokoro. Ko-gunomes and togari-bas mixed. Ko-ashis appeared. Nie attached. Kin-sujis and sunagashis appeared.
Boushi : It runs in shallow notare-komi. Saki shows hakikake. It turns in round.

"Shiga-Seki" was a group name of swordsmith. Initially they worked at O-yama, Mino province. Later on, they moved to Shiga, Bishû province. Then flourished from middle to end of Muromachi period. The places "Shiga" and "Yamada" are considered current Shiga town, Kita ward, Nagoya city and Yamada town, north of Shiga town. It came from Yamada-shô of Nishi-kasugai county.
The group was reprensented by Kanenobu (around Mei-ô), Kunitsugu(ditto) and Nobutsugu(a child of Kanenobu, around Eishô).

Referenced material : "Nihontô meikan" by ISHII Masakuni, audited by HONMA Kunzan Yûzankaku publishing. (2003)

[ Conditions ] Excellent.
[ Attachments ] Habaki (suaka-ji, gold foiled, single), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya and NBTHK Hozon paper ( issuned on 9th July Heisei 26(2014))

[ Item number ] A030317 [ Price ] JPY 550.000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included)

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