Description

【Product Description】 Blade Classification: Wakizashi Mei: Mumei (Den: Enju) Appraisal: NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token Nagasa: 39.4 cm Sori: 0.8 cm Motohaba: 3.1 cm Motokasane: 0.6 cm Sakihaba: 2.5 cm Sakikasane: 0.5 cm Mekugi-ana: 2 Weight: 375g (blade only) [Sugata] Hirazukuri, mitsu-mune. The mihaba is wide, and the sori is shallow. A powerful and magnificent sugata. [Jitetsu] Itame-hada mixed with mokume, with jinie attached. The hada is well-refined and clear, showing a beautiful shirake-utsuri. [Hamon] Based on chu-suguha with a slight ko-gunome mixture. The nioiguchi is bright and clear with abundant konie. The habuchi features fine kinsuji and sunagashi. [Boshi] Straight with a medium-sized circle (chu-maru) kaeri. [Koshirae] Black roiro-nuri scabbard wakizashi koshirae. Tsuba: Mokko-gata, iron ground with gold nunome-zogan. Fuchi-Kashira: Shakudo nanako ground, autumn insects motif, takabori, iro-e. Menuki: Shakudo ground, floral motif, takabori, iro-e. Kozuka: Shakudo nanako ground, dragon motif, takabori, iro-e. [Explanation] The Enju school was founded by Taro Kunimura, the grandson of Rai Kuniyuki, who moved from Yamashiro to Higo province (Kumamoto Prefecture) during the late Kamakura period. This school flourished as the official swordsmiths for the Kikuchi clan. This work is a hirazukuri wakizashi attributed to the Enju school. The jitetsu is excellent, showing a refined itame-hada with a clear utsuri, characteristic of the school's Yamashiro roots. The hamon is a calm suguha with a bright nioiguchi, exhibiting high dignity and elegance. It is a masterpiece that demonstrates the high level of skill maintained by the Enju school from the late Kamakura to the Nanbokucho period.