Juyo-Token, 17th Session — Designated July 4, 1968
Katana, mumei: den Senjuin school (千手院)
Measurements Nagasa 71.3 cm, sori 1.2 cm, motohaba 2.85 cm, sakihaba 2.0 cm, kissaki-nagasa 3.4 cm, nakago-nagasa 20.6 cm, nakago-sori slight
Description Keijo: shinogi-zukuri; the shinogi is wide and high; iori-mune; ō-suriage; shallow sori; chū-kissaki with a somewhat extended impression. Kitae: itame-hada with a tendency to nagare; ji-nie adheres. Hamon: suguha with irregularity, mixed with gunome; ashi enter; sunagashi appears; nie attaches. Boshi: sugu with a small ko-maru turnback, with a tendency toward hakikake. Horimono: None. Nakago: ō-suriage; fresh kiri-yasurime; two mekugi-ana; unsigned.
Artisan Den Senjuin
Era Late Kamakura period
Explanation This is a katana that has been greatly shortened (ō-suriage) and is unsigned. It is characterized by a high shinogi and a broad shinogi-zukuri configuration; the jihada, with well-adhering ji-nie, has a slightly shinogi-zukuri (flowing) tendency; and the hamon—a suguha mixed with gunome, showing hotsure and nie—in all respects strongly manifests a Yamato temperament.
Such a manner of workmanship is most frequently encountered among works of the Senjuin group, and this blade is therefore considered to be a product of the late Kamakura period.
(Den Senjuin)











































