Katana
Ordering number: 07395
Katana in Shirasaya (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper).
Signature: Nosyu Jyu Fujiwara Nagasada Saku No.
Keio 2 Nen 2 Gatsuhi.(1866 Feb,)
The blade was polished .
Blade length : 66.5 cm or 26.1 inches.
Sori : 1.4 cm or 0.55 inches.
Width at the hamachi : 3.04 cm or 1.19 inches.
Wide at the Kissaki : 2.17 cm or 0.85 inches.
Kasane : 0.67 cm or 0.26 inches.
Era : Late Edo period.
Shape : The blade is wide and thick healthy blade.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grained with much Jinie attach.
Hamon : Niedeki Togari Gunome midare hamon.
In Ha, there are sunagashi and Kinsuji work.
Special feature : Nosyu Jyu Fujiwara Nagasada was born
at Gifu prefecture Tarui city.
His name is Matsui Haruichiro.
He made some swords which are called Okachiyama Sanroku which place was
commanded entire army byTokugawa Ieyasu.
At Koka era, he moved to Edo and studied making swords from Naotane and
studied at Aoyama in Edo and after that he was a craaftman of the Kisyu
Tokugawa Syogun.
He passed away Meiji 2 Nen 6 Gatsu at 61 years old.
He was a serious character and never made trashy works.
The some reason why his subjects are very few is that nice his swords was
changed to Koto high ranking swords.
This blade is nice quality and without Kizu and flow.
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper:Aoi Art estimatin paper : whole Oshigata.
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