Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
This katana is signed Kagemitsu and is believed to be by a smith of the Fujishima school in Kaga province, active from the Nanbokucho period through the Muromachi period. It features a deep sori and slender form with a well-forged itame-masame jigane and gunome hamon. The blade comes in a shirasaya with a gold-foiled habaki.
NihontoWatchmei · Fujishima · Muromachi · nagasa 68.4cm · sori 2.3cm
Kaga · around 1504-1521
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The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
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¥220,000
