Ubu mumei tachi at the Kasuga shrine in Nara

[Marius]

Stumbled upon these pictures today, perhaps someone has seen this sword?

 

http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/news.html

 

Very interesting to see such an old sword, that has not lost meat due to polishing. Please note the fukura on this sword.

 

Usagiya's sword smith is bitching about hadori (as always), but am sure that the job has been entrusted to an excellent polisher.

 

I would love to see it

[Brian]

Interesting that while the sword is curved in that typical tachi shape, it retains the kissaki shape almost of the chokuto. Transitional period between these 2 styles?

 

Brian

[Marius]

You could say so :-)

 

I can't recall the source, but his shape of the kissaki (with a straight fukura) was allegedly typical until the 13th century.

[k morita]

Hi,

 

Kamasu-kissaki.

Only the Tachi-mountings is national treasure. The blade is "an attchment"(tsuketari: 附り) for the national treasure,but great blade.

[Marius]

Thank you Morita-sensei

[cabowen]

One wonders when the blade was "attached"...

[Marius]

Interesting... The blade is a later "addition", but was it made as a shrine offering? The fact that it is mumei would suggest so, or not?

 

Comment?

[Markus]

BTW: This is a picture of the blade from 1934 before it was polished.

 

[Henry Wilson]

I was there on Saturday:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17223

 

All the koshirae caught my attention and gave the swords a quick look. The small display was very impressive indeed. Well worth the 400 yen.

[Marius]

Reviving this thread, sorry. Does anyone know the attribution for this blade? It has been polished, so an attribution is likely to have been made.