Shinshinto Yoshikuni Katana

Shinshinto Yoshikuni Katana

Signed Yonezawa-jū Kato Yoshikuni

米沢住義国

Date: February 1862

文久四年二月日

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken

Nagasa [lenght]: 69.4 cm
Motohaba: 3.1 cm, sakihaba: 2.5 cm
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori, iori-mune, ō-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: mokume hada mixed with dense ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Toranba in tight nioi-deki; ashi, yō and kaninotsume

Bōshi [point]: midarekomi that becomes komaru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, Sujikai yasurime; two mekugi-ana; ha-agari kuri Jiri

Origami: the blade comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken (SwordParticularly Worth of Preserving) certificate issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai. 

Koshirae: The sword is accompanied by an antique koshirae with good fittings. 

The sword has strong and powerful dimensions and proportions, with a large and vigorous hamon. 

The tip is long and massive and recalls the Nanbukochō period swords.

The Kato school was founded by Kunihide around Bunka period (1804-1818) for the Yonezawa fief of Dewa province,  in current Yamagata prefecture. Kunihide's sons Tsunahide  and Tsunatoshi moved to Edo, where they laid the foundations for the flourishing Kato school.

Yoshikuni was student of Tsunatoshi. As tradition of the Kato school, he produced massive swords in Bizen style, with a deep curvature and a thick kasane.

Price band: 10,000€ - 25,000€

Katana  for sale. Price on application. Please include item stock number: tok-1501