Description

This is a katana by Tanigawa Moriyoshi, a Mukansa-ranked smith born in 1920 and active in Kumamoto Prefecture. The blade features a unique katakiriba-zukuri shape on the omote side, reminiscent of works by Soshu Sadamune and Shizu Saburo Kaneuji. The jigane shows a well-forged large itame mixed with mokume and thick ji-nie, while the hamon is a shallow ko-notare with gunome and ko-gunome, deep nioi, and abundant ko-nie and sunagashi.

刀 源盛吉(谷川盛吉)

刀 源盛吉(谷川盛吉)

Katana

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Era

Showa (1926-1989)

Specifications

Nagasa

64.6 cm

Sori

1.5 cm

Motohaba

3.2 cm

Sakihaba

2.7 cm

Dealer

Tsuruginoya

tsuruginoya.com

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