Ray Singer Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 Listing for sale a beautiful ko-wakizashi by the smith Yamato (no) kami Kanekura. He was a shintô smith who worked in both Mino and Edo. It is very rare to encounter examples of his work. In fact when Homma-sensei visited Dr. Compton and viewed his collection, he said that he had never encountered a Kanekura in Japan and the only examples he had seen were the one Compton owned and another in the Boston MFA. I have since seen two additional Kanekura offered for sale. This is a katakiriba-zukuri blade with a Soshu style hamon in nie deki which reminds me of the work of Oya Kunisada. The jihada is a wonderful, flowing itame. The blade is ubu and signed 'Yamato (no) kami Fujiwara Kanekura'. It it in a partial koshirae, with a signed, Hotei-themed tsuba (mei is Motoshige + KAO). Best regards, Ray 8 Quote
Fuuten Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 If it came in shirasaya i would've snapped Nice blade. Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Posted January 7, 2019 Thank you Axel! This one was in queue in to send to John Tirado for shirasaya, however I just bought a beautiful sword from a member of our group for my own collection, and as a consequence will need to let a couple of pieces I own go. Best regards, Ray 1 Quote
Gabriel L Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 Ah I am quite tempted but I just spent a bit… will think on it (by which time I expect someone else will have snapped it up, heh). Quote
Brian Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 Katakiriha for less than $1500 with that nice fuchi and tsuba??C'mon folks....this is a no brainer. I know sales are way down at this time of year but seriously!If this lasts a few days, I am going to make a plan and find a way to take it myself. 1 Quote
TETSUGENDO Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 Fine blade. This is a very attractive listing, rare owl motif, nice tsuba, the whole worth putting back in order!. Cheers, -S- 1 Quote
vajo Posted January 7, 2019 Report Posted January 7, 2019 Nice Tanto indeed. I like the texture of the saya too. 1 Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Posted January 8, 2019 Thank you again for the kind words. Here are the dimensions for this piece. Nagasa: 31.5cm Moto-haba: 27mm Kasane: 5.5mm I have attached additional photos. Please note that there are a few pinholes on the ura side which can been seen in the photos. 1 Quote
Ted Tenold Posted January 8, 2019 Report Posted January 8, 2019 Piggy banks all over the world should be shaking in their little porcine porcelain hooves.... 4 Quote
Ray Singer Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Posted January 8, 2019 The Kanekura is on a 24-hour hold. 3 Quote
Ray Singer Posted April 19, 2019 Author Report Posted April 19, 2019 Please archive. Kind regards, Ray Quote
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