Property from an Important Private American Collection
An Osaka shinto katana | Signed Izumi no kami Kunisada | Edo period, 17th century
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May 10, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
Property from an Important Private American Collection
An Osaka shinto katana
Signed Izumi no kami Kunisada (orikaeshi-mei)
Edo period, 17th century
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi zukuri, chu-kissaki, shallow torii-zori, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: tight itame-hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: broad notare gunome with rich nie and nioi
Boshi [tip]: slight kaeri
Nakago [tang]: suriage, three mekugi-ana (one plugged) and orikaeshi signature
Habaki [collar]: double clad silver and gold
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]
Koshirae [mount]: the black lacquer saya [scabbard] with copper fittings, menuki in the form of tigers, iron sukashi tsuba pierced in the form of stylised paulownia
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 61.2 cm.,
Sori [curvature]: 0.8 cm.,
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.2 cm.,
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.9 cm.,
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation], no. 100787 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Showa 60 (1985).
This is the work of the smith who was the son of the first generation signing Izumi no Kami Kunisada. From around 1672 he used the name Inoue Shinkai. His fine workmanship earned him the nickname ‘the Masamune of Osaka’.
