Muromachi Kaneuji wakizashi in koshirae

[Ray Singer]

Listing an elaborate wakizashi by Mino Kaneuji (Muromachi period) in shirasaya with koshirae. This is a later generation of Kaneuji from the famous Masamune smith Shizu Kaneuji, and by a smith considered to be of straighline descent from Shizu. The blade has a quite active choji-midare in ko-nie, reminiscent of So-den Bizen in places. Forging is itame-hada, and is healthy. The nakago is ubu, and signed with a nijimei of Kaneuji. Shape is shinogi-zukuri with a rarely seen marumune. This blade recently passed shinsa and kanteisho will be forwarded to the buyer of arrival of the papers. The shirasaya has a sayagaki indicating as well that this Kaneuji is of the Mino group, and there is a very nice koshirae with red lacquer saya, a sukashi tsuba which appears to be kodai Akasaka, and a signed shakudo and gold dragon fuchigashira. 

 

KANEUJI (兼氏), Tenbun (天文, 1532-1555), Mino – “Kaneuji” (兼氏), “Nōshū Seki-jū Kaneuji” (濃州関住兼氏),Muroya school (室屋), this Kaneuji was a descendant of the Kaneuji line that had once moved from Naoe to Seki and had joined there the local Muroya school, suguha, notare mixed with gunome, gunome-midare, mostly in ko-nie-deki, in some cases also in nioi-deki

 

$4,500 + shipping and PayPal

 

 

[Ray Singer]

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[Franco]

Hi Ray,

 

What is the shape of the mune?

Thank you.

 

Regards

[Ray Singer]

This is marumune.