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KANESATO (ACTIVE 1600)
A Mino shinto wakizashi in mounts
Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, early 17th century
Honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori forged in itame hada with visible jinie, the
tempered edge gunome midare based in nie and nioi and a ko-maru and midarekomi
boshi, the ubu nakago with sujikai file marks, one hole and signed Kanesato saku, with
a two-piece gilt-copper habaki carved with cherry blossoms by a bamboo fence, 17
7/8in (45.4cm) long
The koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya, the tsuka wrapped in black silk
over same and fitted with a shakudo migakiji fuchi carved with a dragon, and a horn
kashira, the copper menuiki formed as coiling dragons, with a mokko tsuchimeji tsuba
decorated with a dragon in clouds in gold and shakudo takazogan
With Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 390528 issued by the
Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art
Sword), dated February 28, 2012
$2,500 - 3,500
362
SUKESADA (1600-1689)
A Bizen wakizashi in mounts
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1669
Of honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori configuration forged in flowing itame hada
mixed with mokume hada in jinie, the tempered edge of large regular choji based in
nie with ashi and some sunagashi ending in a midarekomi boshi, the ubu tang with
indistinct file marks, one hole, signed Bishu Osafune no junin Yokoyama Kozuke no
Daijo Fujiwara Sukesada and dated Kanbun kyunen kinoto tori nigatsu kichijitsu (An
auspicious day in the second month of 1669), with a two-piece silver and gilt-foil
habaki, 16in (51.2cm) long
The koshira-e comprising a saya decorated in aogai decorated with a net pattern in
black-lacquer and fitted with a silver kojiri formed as a stack of rice straw, the kurikata
with a hare in waves in takabori, the tsuka wrapped in yellow silk over same fitted with
shakudo nanako fuchigashira decorated with horses in
gold takazogan and gold and shakudo menuki formed as three roundels containing
flowers, the iron sukashi tsuba pierced with chrsanthemums
$3,500 - 4,500
363
FUJIWARA KANESADA III
A Mino katana in mounts
Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century
Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, slightly extended kissaki and toriizori
configuration
Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada in jinie
Hamon (tempering pattern): gunome-choji midare with nie, ashi, yo, utsuri, hotsure
and tobiyaki
Boshi (tip): midarekomi
Horimono (carving): omote side: bohi, ura side bohi ni tsurebi
Nakago (tang): o-suriage with later file marks, four holes, signed Kanesad
Habaki (collar): one-piece silver-foil
361 Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 26 1/8in (66.3cm)
Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/4in (3.2cm)
Sakihaba (width before tip): 7/8in (2.cm)
Koshira-e (mounts): black-lacquer ishime saya, the area around the koiguchi finished
in black lacquer in finer ribs, fitted with a silver kojiri carved with diagonal striations,
the tsuka wrapped in lacquered leather over same and fitted with iron mokumeji
fuchigashira decorated with matsukawabishi (pine-bark lozenges) in gold and silver
nunome-zogan, the gold menuki formed as butterflies, the iron diamond-shaped tsuba
decorated with ploves over fishing nets in kebori and sukashibori, signed Omi no ju
Masayoshi
With kantei certificate no. 1 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society
for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated October 30, 1951
With a type-written letter from a previous owner describing the sword as an heirloom
blade of the Ahari family
$12,000 - 18,000
Fujuwara Kanesada III, is known as “Hiki Kanesada” based on the fact that the
manner in which he wrote the Sada (定) character in his signature resembled the
character Hiki (疋).
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