説明

Signature (Mei): 綱廣 Tsunahiro (omote, two characters; ura unsigned) — carved in the classical kyūjitai form, transcribed 綱広 on the NBTHK paper Swordsmith: Tsunahiro of Yamashiro — certified by the NBTHK as 綱広(山城・延宝頃) School / Tradition: Yamashiro (Kyoto) — Shintō-period Kyoto workmanship Period / Province: Edo period, circa Enpō era (1673–1681) — Shintō classification / Yamashiro Province (modern Kyoto) Certificate: NBTHK Hozon Tōken (保存刀剣) No. 3036707 — issued 28 May Reiwa 7 (2025) Japanese Registration (Tōroku-shō): Tochigi Prefecture No. 44145, issued 22 August Shōwa 61 (1986) Mounting: Complete katana koshirae — russet-brown lacquered saya, black silk tsuka-ito, gold dragon menuki, copper-alloy sukashi tsuba Blade Length (Nagasa): 62.1 cm (2 shaku 0 sun 5 bu) Curvature (Sori): 1.1 cm — shallow, typical of mature Shintō geometry Mekugi-ana: 1 — ubu nakago, unshortened, signature intact Shape (Sugata): Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chū-kissaki Hamon: Gunome-midare — large, rounded, openly spaced heads with a broad nioiguchi and nie in the valleys Boshi: Midare-komi with a rounded turnback Habaki: Gold-foiled (kin-kise) with neko-gaki file texturing A NBTHK Hozon-certified katana signed 綱廣 (Tsunahiro), placed by the NBTHK in Yamashiro province — Kyoto — around the Enpō era, 1673 to 1681 . It measures 62.1 cm nagasa with 1.1 cm of sori, and the nakago is ubu : original length, one mekugi-ana, the signature untouched. For an Edo-period blade to reach Hozon the shinsa panel must judge the mei genuine. This one did. The hamon is the reason to look twice. It runs as a bold gunome-midare of large, rounded heads set at generous intervals — an open, unhurried rhythm rather than the tight repetition of a workshop blade. The nioiguchi is broad and softly luminous, with nie collecting in the valleys between the heads, and the pattern widens confidently through the monouchi. This is tempering built to read at arm's length and across a room, which is precisely what a Kyoto smith o