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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchKanenori was a swordsmith of Seki in Mino Province, and is attributed to both the Sanami school and the Nara school. The meikan records the first generation around Bunki and the third generation around Tensho. A work exists with the mei "Echizen Ichijodani-ju Kanenori saku Tenbun 10 nen 8 gatsu hi," and it is believed that the third generation Kanenori moved from Uruma in Mino Province to Ichijodani in Echizen. Similarly, there was a Kanenori who moved to Hamamatsu in Enshu around Tenbun, and a Kanenori who moved to Ina in Shinshu around Tensho; including the Kanenori who served Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sunpu as the kaji-gashira, the expansion of the Kanenori lineage into other provinces is particularly remarkable among Mino smiths. Judging from the sugata and style, this work is by Kanenori around Tenbun. Sugata: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, jinjo mihaba, there is a slight difference between the moto and saki width, kasane is appropriate, sori is somewhat deep with sakizori, ending in a chu-kissaki. Kitae: itame mixed with mokume, flowing in places and hadatachi, ji-nie attaches, and the kane becomes shirakeru. Hamon: gunome, gunome choji, angular ha, mixed with kataochi-style gunome, ashi enters, sunagashi is applied in places, nioigachi with ko-nie. Boshi: sugu with komaru, the saki is slightly hakikake with a small kaeri. Nakago: o-suriage, the saki is ha-agari kurijiri. At the time of production, uchigatana called katate-uchi of around 2 shaku 1 or 2 sun were in their golden age, so this work, which was well over 2 shaku 6 sun in length, was exceptional for that time and is believed to have been produced by special order. Both the ji and ha are full of the characteristic qualities of Mino swords, making it a koto with many highlights. It is accompanied by a very flamboyant han-tachi koshirae with all tosogu matching in a dragon theme.
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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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