Description

This katana was made by Kazusa no Suke Fujiwara Kaneshige in Musashi province during the Edo period. Kaneshige was a student of Izumi no Kami Kaneshige and studied alongside Kotetsu. This sword is said to have been owned by the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi and features a juzu-ba hamon similar to Kotetsu.

上総介藤原兼重
Tokuho

上総介藤原兼重

Katana

¥1,250,000

Smith

Kazusa no Suke Fujiwara Kaneshige

Era

Edo

Specifications

Nagasa

70.4 cm

Sori

0.9 cm

Motohaba

2.7 cm

Sakihaba

1.9 cm

Dealer

Kanda Toukodo

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