Photos of an unknown katana

[Pincheck]

After a lot of trial and error (mostly error) I finally got some decent photos of my katana. I have no idea how old it is, or what school it might be, but I like it.

 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Jack,

please post photos here on the forum. To be usable, they should be:

- well focused and not blurry
- made with a dark, non reflective background for good contrast
- made with light from the side (may not apply for HAMON photos)
- made from directly above (not at an angle)
- made with correct orientation (tip-upwards, especially NAKAGO photos) 
- without HABAKI but showing the MACHI and NAKAGO JIRI 
- made in high resolution to see details
- showing details of the sword like BOSHI, HAMACHI, HAMON, HADA, NAKAGO JIRI etc.
- presented as cut-outs so very little background is shown

[Rivkin]

Maybe if you show the full resolution section from the last two photographs where everything is in focus or otherwise have a well lit, in focus pictures of the hamon with a light source on the side (left or right) - in the first photographs it comes from the hamon's side in which case you can't see the hamon itself.

Nevertheless - its something that wants to be Rai, but is not Rai.

It feels certainly late Muromachi or later. Just hamon's width per se (its wide) is ot really consistent with earlier work, among other things.

It could be late Muromachi Kaga, Bizen Kiyomitsu or a few other things but I don't think so for couple of reasons. It feels a bit more Edo period.

Its probably not mainline Hizen because for Hizen this is an uncommon boshi. Nevertheless I think there is a strong Hizen influence - broad nioguchi, broad hamon, dense and uniform hada.

I suspect its a nice sword overall.

 

But all of it is a sort of wild guess based on such poor photos.

[Cookie4Monstah]

Hello,

 

This reminds me of the Nio-Den a little bit. It has a very calm hada. The bo-hai gives it some character too.

 

Best,

Khalid