Description:

East Asia, Japan, later Edo Period, ca. mid-19th century CE. A forged-steel katana mounted within a modern wooden handle and scabbard. The shobu-zukuri blade has a slightly lower edge line than the typical shinogi-zukuri design, a diamond-shaped (iori-mune) profile, and a lightly curved (chu-kissaki) tip. The length of the blade is presented with a gentle wave (notare-hamon) that is formed by the tight-grained hammer-folding process (itame-hada). The blade is housed within a modern wooden handle and storage scabbard (shirasaya) that is meant to protect the blade when not mounted in its normal buke-zukuri or tachi fittings. The tang is signed, "Washu-jyu Tomomitsu." Size (w/ sheath): 1.7" W x 34.375" H (4.3 cm x 87.3 cm); (blade): 25" L (63.5 cm)

Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, acquired in 2012; ex-private Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan collection

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#150241

  • Condition: Blade is from the Edo period, and wooden handle and storage sheath are modern. Minor abrasions to handle, sheath, and blade, with light impact damage to blade spine, and a couple of stable hairline fissures to top of sheath. Nice patina to blade.

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