Kanemori Wakizashi

[pcfarrar]

I recently acquired a wakizashi signed Kanemori. It has a 23" nagasa and an active mino style gunome midare hamon.

 

I can't figure out which smith it could be. There are loads in Seki around the muromachi period, a Bungo smith and a smith in Musashi that worked around 1670s. 

 

The fact that the sword is slightly machi okuri, giving an original size in the classic uchigatana length does suggest to me late muromachi. 

 

Anyone have any thoughts? It's mounted in WW2 gunto koshirae.

 

Thanks,

Peter

 

 

[Dave R]

Please can you post pictures of the whole sword. I have a particular interest in old blades mounted for use in WW2. Thank you.

[pcfarrar]

Sorry I was planning to put up better photos but didn't get chance yet. Hopefully tonight.

[pcfarrar]

Updated nakago image and a photo showing the sori. The original yasurimei are really hard to see and it looks like possibly higaki or takahona. Plenty of tsuba wear on the nakago so its definitely seen some use.

 

I've also added a photo of the gunto koshirae for Dave. 

 

 

[Kronos]

Definite Higaki yasurime, late muromachi Mino-den by the looks of it but as you say there's loads of Kanemori's so it's unlikely you'll be able to pin it down to one.

[Stephen]

Didnt start its life as a wak for sure

[pcfarrar]

Definite Higaki yasurime, late muromachi Mino-den by the looks of it but as you say there's loads of Kanemori's so it's unlikely you'll be able to pin it down to one.

Yes I think late muromachi seki, the shape, length, short stubby original size nakago all point that way. But as you say will be impossible to pin to a smith.