Ordering number : AS15588

Katana in Shirasaya (23th NBTHK Juyo Certificate)

Signature : Tame Otsuka Kazunobu Kun Sekido Unju Korekazu Seitan saku kore
Ansei 5 nen Inu Uma 2 gatsu hi (February 1858)

Sayagaki: Seikido Unju Korekazu Ansei Tsuchinoe-Uma, blade length 75.6cm, Showa Kinoto-U Satsuki (May 1975)
written by Dr.Kunzan

The blade was polished
Blade length : 75.6 cm (29.76 in)
Sori : 1.3 cm (0.51 in)
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi: 2.91 cm (1.14 in)
Width at the Kissaki: 2.07 cm (0.81 in)
Kasane : 0.88 cm (0.34 in)
Era: the end of Edo period
Shape: Regular width, thick long blade. There are Bo-Hi carvings on both side. Ubu Nakago.
Jitetsu : Ko-Itame Hada well grained with Jinie.
Hamon: Nie base, thick Gunome Midare and Choji Midare mixed with Sunagashi and Kinsuji.

Special feature : Sekido Korekazu was born as a nephew of Kato Chounsai Tsunatoshi,
learned from him and he succeeded the Ishido family as the seventh　generation,
he passed away in 1894 aged 75.
He made Sodenbizen den which is convined with Bizen and Sosty den style.
First generation Korekazu made Bizenden style with nice Utsuri but 7th generation Korekazu made swords like Sosyu style.
This sword was made meiji 2nd year but at that time, demanding Japanese swords are very few.
Meiji Government decided to prohibit to make Japanese swords.
A lot of sword makers gave up his job.

#23th NBTHK Juyo Certificate
Aoi Art estimation paper
Whole Oshigata.

Auction Starting Price:4,500,000JPY

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