Wakasa no kami Ujifusa?

[kkeeps]

Am I totally off base with this blade?

 

I was looking at Shibata Katsuie's naginata

and Hiraoka Yorisuke's katana https://nihonto.com/4-1-23-2/

 

and noticed similarities with my sword .

 

It is signed "Waka" on the suriage nakago and has remnants of katte sagari yasurimei.

The hamon seems to be midare and widens as it approaches the monouchi.

Kissaki is chu and boshi is yaki ga fukai (almost ichimai) with slight kaen and hakkikake with a strong kaeri.

 

It has a tight nioiguchi in nie deki. hada is itame. Has yo, tobiyaki, sunagashi, yahazu, hotsure, and tall reaching loops.

 

Would this be way off base?

 

 

[Rivkin]

Seems its circa 1560+ blade, but it has strong resemblance to Fuyuhiro school - they also have irregular hamon which is quite wide with nie and ara nie. By comparison Ujifusa tend to have more pronounced gunome.

That would be my bet.

[kkeeps]

Thanks Kirill, I was pushed more towards Mino with the yahazu and masame in the shinogi, but it seems to have strong Soshu elements. I observed a large loop style hamon also seen in a Seki Kanefusa blade.

 

https://www.sanmei.c...4912_S2682_PUP1.html