Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA project sword/. An ubu wakizashi signed Noshu ju Kanetaka. Takebazukure iroi mune sakizori. Hawatare: 1 Shaku 6 Sun 5 Bu(50 cm / 19.68"). Motohaba: 3 cm. Kasane: 6mm. Ogunome and o haku hamon patterns extent ding into the point. Although the condidion of the blade precludes proper examination, because it is a koto Mino production, we can assume ha-nie and slightly running itame or mokume hada. The blade appears healthy and would benefit from a polish, and is so priced. The tsuka needs to be rebuilt. The fuchi-kashira are good quality dragon on shakudo. The kashira is slightly dented, but hardly noticable. The menuki are good quality flower arrangement in shakudo and gold. The moku tsuba is plain iron. Niju plated habaki. There were three recorded Kanetaka working in Mino during sue koto times. One in 1467, two around 1596. Hawley rates them as 30 and 15 poits. the Meikan gives them a single circle. This will be a very attractive sword when polished. Noshu ju Kanetaka Complete Hawley listing for Mino Tanetaka
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Kanetaka is a name with Jūyō-designated work, and we couldn’t find current papers for this piece. Treat the name as unproven until papers say otherwise. It is also priced far below papered work by makers of this standing. — Hoshi Ask me first
Mino · around 1532-1555
Tōken Taikan top 60%
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The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
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$1,500