説明

Signature (Mei): 粟田口近江守(以下切) Awataguchi Ōmi-no-kami (remainder cut) / 重良兵衛尉(以下切) Shigeyoshi Hyōe-no-jō (remainder cut) Swordsmith: Awataguchi Ōmi-no-kami Shigeyoshi (Mishina School) School / Tradition: Mishina School (Awataguchi, Kyoto — Yamashiro-den tradition) Period / Province: Shintō Period (1596–1780) / Yamashiro Province (Kyoto) Certificate: Jūhō Tōken Toroku-shō — Ishikawa Prefecture Mounting: Period koshirae — black urushi saya, iron waterfowl and reed tsuba with gold hirazōgan, shakudō fuchi-kashira with hawk and chrysanthemum decor Blade Length (Nagasa): 66.3 cm Curvature (Sori): 0.7 cm Mekugi-ana: 3 Shape: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki This Shintō-period katana carries one of Kyoto's most storied signatures: Awataguchi Ōmi-no-kami , a title-name associated with the Mishina school , the lineage that dominated high-end sword production in the imperial capital through the Edo period. The blade measures 66.3 cm with a restrained 0.7 cm sori — a flatter curvature typical of mature Shintō production, where the emphasis shifted from battlefield sweep to refined geometry and cutting precision. Three mekugi-ana confirm a blade that has passed through multiple generations of use and mounting changes, each one evidence of a sword valued and worn rather than stored. The defining feature of this blade — visible and commanding in the photographs — is the hamon : a full, rhythmic gunome running the entire length of the cutting edge. The peaks are round and even, the valleys clean, the overall pattern maintaining a disciplined regularity that is the unmistakable signature of the Mishina school's technical approach. This is not the quiet, restrained hamon of conservative Yamashiro work — it is a bold, confident tempering line with a wide nioi-guchi (boundary zone) and active nie contributing brightness and depth throughout. The boshi in the kissaki turns back with controlled activity, closing the hamon neatly at the point. The overall polish presents the blade in