Ordering Number: 24678

Katana in Shirasaya with Koshirae(NBTHK Hozon Token)
Signature: Kiyomitsu　清光 (Kashu　加州)
Golden Inscription(Saidan mei):
寬文四年申辰年二月七日桶居中車土壇拂
Kanbun 4 February Okesue Nakaguruma Dotan barai

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)

This sword belongs to Jyo jyo saku ranking.
Habaki: Gold foiled single Habaki
Blade length:62.0 cm (24.40 in)
Sori:1.3cm (0.51in)
Mekugi:2
Width at the hamachi: 2.88cm (1.13in)
Width at the Kissaki:1.89cm (0.74in)
Kasane:0.68cm (0.26in)
The weight of the sword: 530 g
Era: the late Muromachi period around 1500
Shape: regular size Katana with slight long Kissaki.
Jigane: Ko-itame hada with Jinie and pale Utsuri.
Hamon: Ko-niedeki Suguha with Ko-ashi. Boshi is thick and rounded.

Special feature:
Sue koto:Cyujyo saku:Kashu
Kashu Kiyomitsu was a swordsmith group from the mid-Muromachi period to the end of Edo period. The Jigane is looking soft and seems to have been made in the late Muromachi preiod.
Kiyomitsu is famous as the sword used by the swordsman Okita Soji in the Ikedaya affair. I don't know what is Okesue and Nakaguruma, but they are supposed to be body parts.

Koshirae: Handachi Koshirae
Tsuba: Shakudo
Fuchi: Shakudo nanako with colored inlay.
Kashira: Shakudo nanako with arabesque.
Menuki: a picture of dragons

NBTHK Hozon　Paper
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata

Price:1,500,000JPY

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