| Product No. KA-0774 常陸国介川住源直吉造之 | |
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| Mei |
Made by Minamoto Naoyoshi resident of Sukegawa, Hitachi Province 常陸国介川住源直吉造之 Back: On an Auspicious Day in Mid Spring 1859, the Year of the Sheep 安政六未年仲春吉日 |
| Shape | Shinogizukuri Iorimune |
| Region | Sukegawa, Hitachi Province |
| Era | Bakumatsu Period |
| Length |
75.9 cm 29.9 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
1.5 cm 0.6 in |
| Motohaba |
3.1 cm 1.2 in |
| Sakihaba |
1.9 cm 0.7 in |
| Munekasane |
0.6 cm 0.2 in |
| Status | Tokubetsu Hozon Token |
| Certification Date | December 16, 1999 |
| Registration Authority | Aomori Prefecture |
| Registration Date | October 01, 1968 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Koitame with jinie |
| Hamon (Temper line) | Notare-gunome and Choji with konie, niesuji and tobiyaki |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Kaen, hakikake |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu kijimomo shape, Sujikai with kesho file and a kurijiri end |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 1 |
| Habaki | Copper base shakudo foil, Mito type habaki |
Price |
900,000 JPY |
| This katana, Minamoto no Naoyoshi [源直吉], was a retainer of the Yamanobe family, senior vassals of the Mito domain, and a disciple of Taikei Naotane [大慶直胤]. Naoyoshi served Yamanobe Yoshimi [山野辺義観], a chif retainer of the Mito domain and the first lord of Sukegawa Kaibō Castle (built in 1836 by Tokugawa Nariaki [徳川斉昭] to guard against foreign ships in Sukegawa, present-day Hitachi City). Naotane had a special relationship with the Yamanobe family and he visited Sukegawa Castle three times—in 1839, 1851, and 1855—to stay and instruct the sword forging skills. Other Naotane-disciples include Ōe Katsunaga [大江勝永], Zenjo Chikanori [善定近則], Naoe Suketoshi [直江助俊], and Shinkei Tanemitsu [心慶胤光]. This katana features a Kijimomo shaped nakago and sound kitae and hamon, forged by Minamoto Naoyoshi in 1859 (Ansei 6). It has passed the Tokubetsu Hozon Token shisna in 1999. |
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