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ATTRIBUTED TO KIYOMITSU OF KAGA PROVINCE
A Katana (Long Sword) in Fine Higo-School Mounts
Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period
Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-gissaki, torii-zori
Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada mixed with masame hada in nioi
and nie
Hamon (tempering pattern): suguha
Boshi (tip): yakizume
Horimono (carving): a dragon entwined around a ken on the omote side
and bonji on the ura side
Nakago (tang): ubu, with two holes and effaced signature [...] mitsu
Koshira-e (mounts): the saya lacquered to emulate cherry bark, mounted
with silver fittings; the shakudo tsuba decorated in high-relief gold with
chidori (plovers or dotterels) flying over foaming waves.
The sword overall: 77.5cm (30½in) long;
the blade: 63cm (24 13/16in) long. (2).
£7,000 - 10,000
JPY1,400,000 - 1,900,000
US$9,200 - 13,000
Accompanied by certificate no.3031797 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu
Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art
Sword) designating this katana as a Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of
Preservation), dated 31 May 2023.
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YOSHIKUNI (ACTIVE CIRCA LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A Shin-Shinto Katana (Long Sword) in Mounts
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1862
Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-gissaki and a torii-zori curvature, forged
in itame hada and masame hada with a suguha tempered edge with
some activity, terminating in an o-maru boshi, the ubu tang with one
hole and kessho file marks, dated and signed Bunkyu ni nen jugatsu bi,
Yonezawa no ju Yoshikuni tsukuru (Made by Yoshikuni living in Yonezawa,
[in present-day Yamagata Prefecture]) in the tenth month of 1862); in
a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard); The koshira-e (mounting) with a
brown-lacquered ishime saya; the principal metal fittings on the mounts
comprising a kashira (pommel), menuki (hilt fittings), fuchi (collar), tsuba
(hand guard), and kojiri (butt piece), an iron mokko-form openwork tsuba,
chiselled with chrysanthemums.
The sword overall: 77.5cm (30½in) long;
the blade: 69.5cm (27 3/8in) long. (3).
£4,000 - 6,000
JPY780,000 - 1,200,000
US$5,200 - 7,900

126 Accompanied by certificate no.1017096 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu
Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art
Sword) designating this katana as a Tokubetsu Hozon Token
(Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation), dated 3 December 2021.

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