Ordering number : 08262
Katana in Shirasaya
Signature: Tooyama Man-ou-tei ni oite Kasama Ikkansai Shigetsugu saku (NBTHK Hozon Paper)
Showa 13 nen 8 gatsu-hi
(Kasama Ikkansai Shigetsugu forged this blade at Man-ou-tei in August,1938.)
The blade was polished .
Blade length : 3.15 cm or 1.24 inches.
Sori : 2.32 cm or 0.91 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.15 cm or 1.24 inches.
Wide at the Kissaki : 2.32 cm or 0.91 inches.
Kasane : 0.66 cm or 0.25 inches.
Era : Showa period.
Shape : The blade is wide and thick with deep sori and also longer kisaki nice looking sword.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grined with jinie attach beautiful jigane.
Hamon : Niedeki gunome midare and kogunome midare mixed.
In Ha, there are many ashi sunagashi and also small kinsuji scatter.
Special feature : Special feature : Ikkansai Shigetsugu was born in
1886 in Shizuoka pref. as a nephew of Miyairi Ikkansai Shigetoshi who
was also a swordsmith. Shigetsugu learned under his uncle and Morioka
Masayoshi. Shigetsugu went to Tokyo in 1903 and entered to the
Tokiwa-Matsu Token Kenkyu-sho the Toyama house. Shigetsugu
became a chief swordsmith and made several special swords to
present. Accordiing to the inscription on the tang, he forged this
katana accepting a personal order of Mr. Miyagi. Shigetsugu spent his
life to revive and passing down the traditional method of tempering
Japanese sword. Shigetsugu passed away in 1966, aged 80.
Miyairi Akihira and Tsukamoto Okimasa were his famous excellent
pupils. Later Miyairi Akihira became a preserver of Important Intangible
Cultural Assets, popularly known as Living National Treasures.
Tsukamoto Okimasa became Shigetsugu's son-in-law but died while still young.
This blade is polished by high ranking polisher and produced a lot of activities of his sword.
NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
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