Kantei This One

[Gokaden]

Comes from my collection, how would you kantei this one?

 

Blade data:

 

Nagasa 74.84 cm or 29.46 inches

 

Sori 1.4 cm or 0.55 inches

 

Motohaba 2.88 cm or 1.13 inches

 

Sakihaba 2.01 cm or 0.79 inches

 

Kasane 0.6 cm or 0.23 inches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

[SAS]

Mino Kanbun Shinto?

[Ken-Hawaii]

No, too much activity in the jihada for Shinto. Lots of nie, notare-midare hamon, itame hada, so I'm guessing Soshu & late Muromachi.

 

Ken

 

[Marius]

Owari Seki, Kanbun shinto.

[Kronos]

Will have a go Saturday if you cam keep it open until then. It looks very distinctive and I have an idea already...

[Kronos]

Period: middle of shinto circa Enpo

School: Osaka SukeHiro

Smith: Tsuda Sukehiro

 

I think it is probably a student but it's hard to make out some of the details from the photo's...

[Gokaden]

Here are the papers issued and I agree to the NBTHK judgement as Ganmaku school work. It is a well balanced blade in the hand, a sword you would trust to carry in times when your life could depend on it. Its not a masterpiece, and it has a few areas of rough steel. It has a feeling of sharpness to it. The steel color is that of a Mino sword, perhaps not so visible in the photos.

 

 

 

Other references:

 

http://sanmei.com/contents/media/A58742_W8251_PUP_E.html
 
http://sanmei.com/Pictures/Sword/k_A58742_W8251.jpg
 
http://www.kanshoan.com/english/swords/h27_nobusada.html
 
http://www.sanmei.com/contents/en-us/p1883.html
 
http://www.sword-auction.jp/auction.cgi?acc=disp&no=1430441826&t=1213703271

 

The Connoiseurs Book of Japanese Swords (Nagayama) p. 222, Leading smiths of the Mino Tradition

[SAS]

Do I get an atari?

[Gokaden]

Getting the Nengo and the school correct usually gives "Dozen", but I give you an Atari 2600

[SAS]

Great, now i can play "Pong"