Ordering Number: 24473

Tanto: Shirasaya with Koshirae (NBTHK Hozon Token)
Signature: Tomohisa 友久 (Uda, 宇多)

We divide swordsmith works into four grades: Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku, and Regular Saku.
This work is ranked as Jyo Saku for Tomohisa (Uda).

Habaki: Silver-coverd habaki
Blade Length: 28.6 cm (11.26in)
Curvature: 0.1 cm (0.04in)
Mekugi Holes: 2
Width at Base (Motohaba): 2.61cm (1.03in)
Width at Tip: 0.1 cm (0.04in)
Thickness of Rim (Kasane): 0.44cm (0.17in)
Sword Weight: 170 g
Era: Early Muromachi Period, around the Oei Era(1394-1428)
Shape:　Mitsumune Tanto with engraving of Soken(brief sword) and　Homa chopsticks.
Jigane:　Ko-itame hada with Utsuri.
Hamon:　Nie-based gunome midare with Sunagashi and Kinsuji. Boshi is rounded.

Features:
Uda Tomohisa was a schoold of swordsmith in Ecchu from the late Kamakura peiod to the Muromachi period. There were a few generations of Tomohisa, and this piece seems to have been made in the early Muromachi period around Ouei.

Koshirae:
Tsuba: Shakudo
Fuchikashira: brass base

NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi-Art estimation paper
whole oshigata

Price:280,000JPY

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