三池住国天作 令和五年十二月日（特賞寒山賞受賞作家） Miikeju Kookuten
¥360,000
Tracked across 76 dealers worldwide · price history · sold archive
Specifications
Nagasa
50.1 cm
Sori
0.8 cm
Motohaba
2.93 cm
Sakihaba
2.35 cm
NihontoWatchBETA¥360,000
Blade only weight: 442g It has arrived—a notable wakizashi by the swordsmith Miike-ju Kunitaka, who was an uchideshi of the famous Kawachi Kunihira, a winner of the Masamune-sho (the highest award for modern swordsmiths) and currently the No. 1 most popular smith. Swordsmith Komiya Kunitaka was born in Showa 55 (1980), real name Komiya Haruki. He is the grandson of the swordsmith Kunimitsu and belongs to the famous Komiya Shiro Kunimitsu lineage, whose ancestors were the Edo period Chikugo Yanagawa clan's retained smiths, Shinano no Kami Mutoh Hisahiro. He entered the school of Kawachi Kunihira in Heisei 11 (1999), completed his training and became independent in Heisei 16 (2004), and is a master craftsman who received the Kanzan-sho special prize at the Shinsaku Meito Ten (New Masterpiece Sword Exhibition) in Heisei 31 (2019). He is a senior apprentice brother to the Mukansa swordsmiths Takami Kuniichi and Kiyota Kuniyetsu. This wakizashi is a reproduction of the Kamakura period Bizen Fukuoka Ichimonji style that Kunitaka aims for. It displays the sugata of a Kamakura period kodachi with a difference between the moto-mihaba and saki-mihaba and a shallow sori. The jigane is forged in itame-hada, and the horimono is skillfully executed in an archaic style with a bo-hi carved through to the tip of the nakago. The hamon is in nioi-deki with ko-nie, featuring Fukuoka Ichimonji-style gunome-ba and gunome-choji-ba, fired with a deep nioi and very well executed. Within the ha, the quenching temperature was high and the kitae-hada is slightly visible, but please view this as part of the keshiki (scenery). When commissioning a modern swordsmith to create a wakizashi, the time and effort involved are no different from a daito, with only a slightly smaller amount of tamahagane required. Because it costs nearly the same amount to have a modern smith make a wakizashi as it does a daito, the production numbers for modern wakizashi are extremely low, making this wakizashi by Kunitaka wonderful and precious. This time, we received this piece from an old connoisseur who had it made just recently; however, stating that he has aged in recent years, he asked us to pass it on to an enthusiast at a low price. Therefore, we are offering it at a special bargain price. Please enjoy this precious wakizashi by a winner of the Kanzan-sho special prize.
NihontoWatchBETA¥360,000
Tracked across 76 dealers worldwide · price history · sold archive
50.1 cm
0.8 cm
2.93 cm
2.35 cm
¥360,000
Blade only weight: 442g It has arrived—a notable wakizashi by the swordsmith Miike-ju Kunitaka, who was an uchideshi of the famous Kawachi Kunihira, a winner of the Masamune-sho (the highest award for modern swordsmiths) and currently the No. 1 most popular smith. Swordsmith Komiya Kunitaka was born in Showa 55 (1980), real name Komiya Haruki. He is the grandson of the swordsmith Kunimitsu and belongs to the famous Komiya Shiro Kunimitsu lineage, whose ancestors were the Edo period Chikugo Yanagawa clan's retained smiths, Shinano no Kami Mutoh Hisahiro. He entered the school of Kawachi Kunihira in Heisei 11 (1999), completed his training and became independent in Heisei 16 (2004), and is a master craftsman who received the Kanzan-sho special prize at the Shinsaku Meito Ten (New Masterpiece Sword Exhibition) in Heisei 31 (2019). He is a senior apprentice brother to the Mukansa swordsmiths Takami Kuniichi and Kiyota Kuniyetsu. This wakizashi is a reproduction of the Kamakura period Bizen Fukuoka Ichimonji style that Kunitaka aims for. It displays the sugata of a Kamakura period kodachi with a difference between the moto-mihaba and saki-mihaba and a shallow sori. The jigane is forged in itame-hada, and the horimono is skillfully executed in an archaic style with a bo-hi carved through to the tip of the nakago. The hamon is in nioi-deki with ko-nie, featuring Fukuoka Ichimonji-style gunome-ba and gunome-choji-ba, fired with a deep nioi and very well executed. Within the ha, the quenching temperature was high and the kitae-hada is slightly visible, but please view this as part of the keshiki (scenery). When commissioning a modern swordsmith to create a wakizashi, the time and effort involved are no different from a daito, with only a slightly smaller amount of tamahagane required. Because it costs nearly the same amount to have a modern smith make a wakizashi as it does a daito, the production numbers for modern wakizashi are extremely low, making this wakizashi by Kunitaka wonderful and precious. This time, we received this piece from an old connoisseur who had it made just recently; however, stating that he has aged in recent years, he asked us to pass it on to an enthusiast at a low price. Therefore, we are offering it at a special bargain price. Please enjoy this precious wakizashi by a winner of the Kanzan-sho special prize.
NihontoWatchBETA¥360,000
Tracked across 76 dealers worldwide · price history · sold archive
50.1 cm
0.8 cm
2.93 cm
2.35 cm
¥360,000
