Signed Nomura Masahide (野村 正 英) with kaoEdo period, 18th-19th centuryMarugata: 7.49 x 7.3 cmThickness: 4.3 mmNBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu The Nomura school was founded by Kozaemon Masatoki, who studied with Gotō school artists and maintained their stylistic features, producing works in shakudo nanako with subjects in takabori. Due to this resemblance some sources refer to the Nomura school as "Awa-Gotō". The school's production originally included all kinds of sword fittings with the exception of tsuba, which begun to be made only in the second part of the Edo period....
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MumeiNanbokuchō Period (1333-1392), circa 1360NBTHK Jūyō Tōken-Nagasa [length]: 69.6 cmSori [curvature]: 1.4 cmMotohaba [bottom width]: 3 cmSakihaba [top width]: 2.3 cmMotokasane [bottom thickness]: 2 mm-Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, maru-mune. The blade is wide, with a slight difference between top and bottom, thick kasane, high shinogi, slightly deep sori, ō-kissaki (5.6 cm)Kitae [forging pattern]: Itame hada mixed with frequent mokume hadatachi. Jinie, fine chikei, pale utsuriHamon [tempering pattern]: Ko-notare mixed with ko-gunome, kaku-gunome, ko-choji and togarigokoro....
Shinshinto Toshimitsu KatanaKanesaki Tenryushi Minamoto ToshimitsuSignature: 金崎天龍子源寿光Late Edo periodNBTHK Hozon Tōken as “Bizen, late Edo Period” (備前時代江戸後期) Nagasa [lenght]: 62.6 cmMotohaba: 3.2 cm, sakihaba: 2.2 cmSori: 1 cmSugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, shallow tori-zori, iori-mune, chu-kissaki (3 cm)Kitae [forging pattern]: tight itame hada toward nashiji hadaHamon [tempering pattern]: choji midare; ashiBōshi [point]: ko-maruNakago [tang]: ubu, kurijiri, ō-sujikai yasurime; one mekugi-ana; mei: “Kanesaki Tenryushi Minamoto Toshimitsu”Koshirae: The...
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