RobCarter3

Sale pending

Hello all, I need to free up some funds for new acquisitions so I'm looking to part with this piece. I bought this sword from Aoi Art about a year ago. Mr. Tsuruta attributed the sword to the sue mihara school. The blade is ubu and retains its original nakago. The hada is a tightly-forged itame and hamon is nie-based suguha with a bright and narrow/tight nioi-guchi. Shirake utsuri is visible. The boshi shows hakikake activity. The blade is in polish and free of notable defects/flaws. Please look closely at the provided pictures to judge the condition. This wakizashi is mounted in a very nice Edo period koshirae in good condition. Comes with an oshigata from Aoi Art. Nagasa: 20.43"/51.9cm Sori: 0.59"/1.5cm Motohaba: 1.09"/2.76cm Sakihaba: 1.03"/2.62cm Kasane: 0.22"/56mm Weight of blade alone: 13.93oz/395g Pictures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18VlBClnVHHo_Otg9XqvOZyHPhDkwx55g?usp=sharing Looking for $1900 USD or best offer. Thanks very much!

I'm a noob, but researching and participating are how to learn, so here goes. I'm going to guess Kanabo Masatsugu.

@Mark S. The long Mihara kaeri is there -- just incredibly hard to photograph (with my limited skills/equipment). I think I finally got the camera to pick it up. You can see the light reflecting off the nie in the kaeri. Thanks for the Mihara links, I'll be reading through all of those!

@Rivkin This is great info, thanks! I've really struggled to find good information about Bungo-to in English.

This is my most recent purchase. The kanmuri otoshi blade geometry is what drew me to this piece. The sword is signed Taira Nagamori and has a NBTHK Hozon token. I'd be interested if anyone could translate some details of the NBTHK papers. In particular, I'd be interested to know if the NBTHK assigns a generation or era. Sesko's A-Z lists at least four smiths in Bungo province signing "Taira Nagamori" in the mid-late Muromachi, with the third generation working during the Eisho era being the most well known. Also, I have a copy of Bungo Taikan/Zusetsu Bungoto, but no English index. If anyone has a .pdf index that they could send me I'd be greatly appreciative. Nagasa: 71cm Sori: 1.7cm Motohaba: 2.69cm Kasane: 0.8cm (the sword is a full 0.95cm at the widest part of the nakago -- must have been a beefy blade at one point) The hada is itame with nagare and o-hada, ji-nie, and shirake utsuri. The hamon is based on hoso-suguha mixed with midare in nie-deki. The hamon shows activity including ko-ashi, nie-kuzure, sunagashi, and yo. The boshi shows hakikake. This sword previously was sold some years ago by Aoi Art so I included their Oshigata and hamon photos with my photos. The tsuba had been swapped at some point in the intervening years and it came to me with a modern reproduction tsuba. I swapped the repro for an antique signed "Bushu ju Masanori" that matched the floral theme.

Hello all, This is my first post on this board, which I've greatly enjoyed reading for some time. I was collecting European military-era swords, but I've been bitten hard by the Nihonto bug over the last 6 months or so. This isn't actually my first Nihonto, just the first that I'm willing to publicly own up to purchasing. My real first was a cheap o-suriage wakizashi in rough condition that we'd euphemistically call a "study sword." I've already passed that one along. This sword is a mumei wakizashi in denchu-style koshirae that I purchased from Aoi Art. Although the sword hasn't been to shinsa, Mr. Tsuruta deemed it Sue-Mihara work from approximately the Muromachi Meio era. I'd be interested to know if you agree. Nagasa: 51.9cm Sori: 1.5cm Motohaba: 2.76cm Sakihaba: 2.62cm Kasane: 0.56cm The hada is ko-itame which I have done my best to photograph in different lighting conditions. Mr. Tsuruta saw shirake utsuri but I struggle to see it myself -- might be my novice eyes. The hamon is suguha in ko-nie deki. The nioiguchi is tight, uniform, and bright. In hindsight I should have had the sword submitted to shinsa while it was in Japan. Rookie mistake. I was impatient and wanted it in my hands. I attached my own photos, as well as the Aoi Art oshigata and hamon photos, which I could not replicate if I had 1 million years. - Robert C