Wakizashi
Ordering number: 07478
Wakizashi in Koshirae NBTHK Hozon paper
Signature: Mumei (Uda)
The blade is polished, with a silver foiled tachi-habaki, in a tachi-koshirae.
Blade length: 59.7cm or 23.50inches.
Sori: 1.7cm or 0.67inches.
Width
at the hamachi: 2.11cm or 0.83inch.
Thickness at the hamachi: 0.17inch.
Era: Late Nambokucho period to early Muromachi period.
Shape: An elegantly curved wakizashi. Blade length is almost close
to the katana.
Jitetsu: Jinie and chikei appear on the clear itame-hada.
Slight
kitae-ware appear along with the texture of jitetsu.
Hamon: Nie-deki. Deep nioikuchi suguha-hamon includes notare-ba.
Sunagashi and kinsuji make an attractive hamon. Boshi is hakikake-boshi.
Special feature : Special feature : The Uda school is
said to have originated in Yamato province.
The founder Kunimitsu moved
to Ettyu province in the last Kamakura period. It is said that his
son,
Kunifusa learned under Norishige who created a peculiar texture
of jitetsu
compounded soft
and hard iron commonly called matsukawa-hada or Norishige-hada
in Japanese.
Consequently the texture of jitetsu is a point worthy
of appreciation of Uda School that was very good
at making use
of well-tempered iron's special qualities. Especially conspisious chikei
appeals us
strongly.
This sword is realy nice quality.
Koshirae: tachi-koshirae.
Metal fittings: Made of shakudo
Menuki: Made of shakudo. Flower cart design.
Saya: Matsuba-chirashi, small pine leaves design.
Aoi Art estimatin paper : whole Oshigata.
