Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchStock No:KA-110125Paper(Certificate): [N.B.T.H.K] Hozon ToukenCountry(Kuni)/Period(Jidai): Inaba(Tottori)・Middle Edo period about 1661~Blade length(Cutting edge): about 74 cmCurve(SORI): about 1.4 cmWidth at the hamachi(Moto-Haba): 3.17 cmThickness at the Moto-Kasane: 0.80 cmWide at the Kissaki(Saki-Haba): 2.50 cmThickness at the Saki-Kasane: 0.55 cmHabaki: One part, Silver foil HabakiSword tang(Nakago): Unaltered, Front : Gyaku Osujikai file pattern, Back: Osujikai file patternRivet Holes(Mekugiana): 1Length of Koshirae : about 103cmShape(Taihai): Chu-kissaki, Shinogizukuri, IorimuneJigane(Hada):Temper patterns(Hamon):Temper patterns in the point(Bohshi):Registration Card: Osaka 1952【Additional Information】因幡国兼先家は、江戸時代初期 寛永頃、美濃国兼先の末流である日置惣右衛門が備前国から因幡国へ来住したことで興りました。同家は、同国池田家に仕えて繫栄し、明治頃まで系譜を繋げます。江戸期における同国の刀工としては、因州兼先のほか、濱部寿格や信濃大掾忠国などが代表工として名が挙がります。本作は、新刀期の因州兼先に鑑せられた一口で、焼刃は尖り調子の互の目に丁子交じりとなり、美濃関物に通ずる出来口を示した上々の一作です。
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The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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