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Very Beautiful And Rare Shinto Blade From Wakizashi - Zaimei - Nbthk And Daimyo - Katsuyoshi 1st Gen

Object description :

"Very Beautiful And Rare Shinto Blade From Wakizashi - Zaimei - Nbthk And Daimyo - Katsuyoshi 1st Gen"

"Very beautiful and rare Shinto blade by Wakizashi Zaimei (Signed), NBTHK and Daimyo certified, KATSUYOSHI 勝吉 (1st generation), with its superb Koshirae."

This Wakizashi directed by Fujiwara Katsuyoshi 1st gen. Active from 1624 to 1644, with a Daimyo Toroku. Very good quality, with a strong influence in the tempering work by the great Master: Muramasa active in Bunki (1500), both by its signature and location allowing to authenticate its period of realization, as by its mount in a very good state of conservation, with a Fuchi / Kashira en suite with the Kojiri on the theme of the instruments of the Sado tea ceremony (rare), Menuki on the theme of the Sanbaso festival, then the NBTHK certificate, complete this very beautiful collector's item. This Waki can also be intended for an “informed female audience”.

Blacksmith's name : Katsuyoshi (1st generation) - Active from 1624 to 1644

Blade classification : Shinto Signature (with) : Zaimei - Face) 勢州桑名藤原勝吉 “Seishu Kuwana Fujiwara KATSUYOSHI”, (Back ) 於播州姫路作是 “Oite Banshu Himeji saku kore”.

Certificates : Kantei-sho Hozon (to be preserved) N ° : 3019304 Date: December 10, 2018. Confirmation of attribution of the signature by judgment and certification of the appointed judges as follows : Front: Seishu Kuwana, Fujiwara Katsuyoshi Back: Oite Banshu Himeji Saku Kore

Registration certificate (compulsory) No : 4342. Daimyo type sword registration issued by the Committee for the Preservation of Cultural Property of Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Dimensions: 1Shaku, 7Sun, 0Bu or: 51.5cm. This saber was registered on: March 30, 1951, the year the current saber registration system began in Japan. These swords, which were registered a few years after the start of the system, are called “Daimyo Registration” (Feudal Lord) type swords, because they were Daimyo or families equivalent to this status. Generally very well-off families of the Daimyo type possessing many swords and precious objects and who were invited by the Japanese government to set an example to register their swords at the very beginning of this newly introduced registration system to familiarize the population with this. new type of registration of cultural property

Blacksmith school : Ise - Location: Ise / then Harima, but very likely, according to documents from the famous Senju'in School - Location : Kinki region in the Province of Ise, then emigrated to Himeji in Hyogo prefecture, this castle is part of the Unesco World Heritage. (Central Japan). Period : Active during the Keicho Era Period (1595-1615 to Kan'ei 1617-1644)

CHARACTERISTICS :

Blade type : Shinogi Zukuri. No-hi (without groove)

Nagasa : 51.5 cm

Weight : 526 gr

Sori : Bending height : 0.9 cm - Type: Chuzori

Mekugi-ana : 1

Nakago type : Standard, Futsu-Gata - Length: 13.8 cm - End type: Iri-yamagata (Original UBU) - Yasurime: Suji-chigai

Mune type : Iori Mune

Nagashi : On the Nakago

Gorges : No-hi (without)

Jihada type : Ko -Itame-Hada (In wood grain)

Hamon type : Gunome-midare, large and dynamic trendy O-midare

Kissaki type : Chu-kissaki

Boshi type : Ko-maru Koshirae: Is in very good condition with normal wear, as on all objects of this age.

Blade appearance : Very nice polishing and in very good condition

Blade defects : Presence of some small flaws and scratches, unimportant

KOSHIRAE :

Tsuba with theme : Clouds and birds in stylized flight - Type: Maru-gata and Sukashi - Material: Iron

Fuchi / Kashira with theme : Utensils for the tea ceremony. (Continued)

Habaki type : In 2 parts Material: 1 part in copper and the other in silver-plated copper + 2 gold-plated copper Seppa

Menuki with the theme : Floral

Ito Maki : In Hineri-maki - In silk

Tsuka : Very good quality and in very good condition, with the black lacquered Same

Saya : Very good quality and in very good condition, with the Koiguchi, Kojiri and Seme-gane in Rattan (rattan), 1 metal insert on each side of the Saya (Ha side and Mune side)

Sageo : Silk, Old