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Hamon : Ko- nie deki gunome midare. The nioi guchi is thick with dense nie. Sunagashi and ashi are very abundant and kinsuji as well as inazuma can be seen.
Boshi : Kaen boshi that is packed with ko-nie ending in a medium return.
Kitae : Masame with some itame mixed in. The jigane is gently hadatachi. There is profuse and fine ji nie with chikei. There is tobiyaki and some pooling of nie that nearly become yubashiri. The ji-nie is made up of bright and clear ko nie and the jigane is dark.
Horimono : The horimono consists of a ken-maki-ryu on the omote with bonji and rendai on the ura.
About this sword : Dewa Daijo Kunimichi is a very famous figure in the history of Nihonto and was the most outstanding smith of the Kunihiro mon. He was born in 1575, thought to have received his title of Dewa Daijo around 1619 and there is a work with a date of 1657 made when Kunimichi was 83 years old. This blade is a fully mature work of Kunimichi's. Notice that the box part of the "wara" kanji does not have a central horizontal stroke. This is characteristic of his bannen or twilight mei. Kunimichi often enjoyed making blades in the Shizu style and this blade is such an example. The masame hada combined with brilliant nie in a thick nioi guchi with abundant ji-nie and chikei all attest to this. This Kunimichi is in good old polish. This blade is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper, shira saya with horn details, antique double gold and silver foil habaki and a deluxe storage bad. Kunimichi is thought by many to be an important representative smith of Shinto time. This blade presents a wonderful opportunity to study Jo Jo Saku shinto workmanship and is being offered at a very attractive price.
Price : $6900
Reference Bannen mei from Fujishiro's Shino Hen
Reference Bannen mei from Fujishiro's Shino Hen
Reference Blade from the Nihonto Koza
The horimono in this reference blade is worn. However, it still received a Juyo paper because the workmanship is good and the blade is still healthy.
