Wakizashi, Shirasaya

[ Signature ] omote : "豫州宇和嶋住藤原國正"　ura : "文久二年二月日"

[ Size ] Blade length 39 cm (1 shaku 2 sun 9 min 0 rin), warp 0.6 cm (2 min 0 rin), base with width 2.79 cm, base with thickness 0.62 cm, tip width 2.06 cm, tip with thickness 0.53 cm, 1 mekugi hole, sword weight 369 g, total length of white sheath 60 cm

[ Province ] Iyo

[ Feature ]
Form : Shinogi-zukuri. Iori-mune. Mihaba is ordinal. Kasane is relatively thick. Shallow sori attached. Chu-kissaki form.
Nakago : Ubu. Yasurimes are o-suji-kais and keshos. Saki is kuri-jiri. One hole.
Jigane : Ko-itame-hada well grained. Mokume mixed. Jinie attached.
Hamon : It starts in sugu. Cho-ji-midare pattern, gunomes mixed. Ko-ashis and yos appeared. A little, there are tempered area on shinogi-ji and mune.
Boushi : -

[ Highlight ] Yoshu Kunimasa was a swordsmith who made swords in Iyo-Uwajima at the end of the Edo period and was a student of Bizen Yuharu. He made signatures such as 'Kunimasa "国正"', 'Yoshu Uwajima ju Fujiwara Kunimasa Saku "予州宇和島住藤原国正作"', 'Nanyo Uwajima ju Suruga-no-kami Kunimasa humble VIIIth generation Fujiwara Kunimasa Saku "南予宇和島住駿河守国正八代末藤原国正作" ', 'Yoshu ju Kunimasa Saku "予州住国正作" ', etc., and his works are dated to Bunkyu 2, Genji 2 and Keio 3. This is a small wakizashi of shogi-zukuri with a slightly thicker layer kasane and a fukura attached appearance. The well-grained base iron jigane has a coherent blade structure with a straight burnished, turbulent blade and a rounded cap boushi, and the nioikuchi is so clear. In these features, the succession of the master's style can be seen. The swordsmith was born at the end of the Edo period and is thought to have been able to make swords only for a short time.

[ Conditions ] Old polishing, with flaws and cloudiness.

[ Attachments ] Habaki (suaka-ji, single), shirasaya, bag of shirasaya and NBTHK hozon paper "保存刀剣鑑定書"(issued on 3rd Dec. Reiwa 3(2021))

[ Item number ] A060722 [ Price ] JPY 270,000- (shipping and insurance fee are not included)

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