After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
This is a tantō by Nara Tarō Kanesho, a swordsmith from Mino Seki during the Tenbun era of the Muromachi period. The blade features a hira-zukuri, iori-mune form with a normal width and slightly thin kasane, and a very slight curvature. It comes with a late Edo period aikuchi-style koshirae, though it is regrettable that the kōgai is missing.
NihontoWatchmei · Nara · Onin (1467-1469) · nagasa 23cm · sori 0.1cm
Mino · around 1532-1555
The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
After the Ōnin War broke the Ashikaga order, a century of Sengoku warfare armed nearly every province in Japan. The era rewards a discriminating eye: routine work exists in quantity, and beside it stand custom blades of the first rank.
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