Large koto Mino Kanenori katana in handachi koshirae - NBTHK Hozon

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Koto Kanenori (NBTHK Hozon), with handachi koshirae. Fantastic sugata with wide mihaba and o-kissaki. Fine ko-itame with ji-nie and a suguha-based hamon. Ubu nakago. 

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Bio for the shodai courtesy of Markus Sesko - KANENORI (兼法), Kōshō (康正, 1455-1457), Mino – “Kanenori” (兼法), first name Uemonshirō (右衛門四郎), according to tradition the son of Nara Kanenaga (奈良兼永), depending on the source, Kanenori is listed either as Nara or as San´ami smith (三阿弥) but his tang finish shows the characterustuc features of the Senju´in school, i.e. kiri on the hira and sujikai on the shinogi-ji of the tang, on the basis of this it is assumed that he actually belonged to the Akasaka-Senju´in group and moved later to Seki where he joined there the Nara or the San´ami school, anyway, there were two lineages of Kanenori smiths active, one in Seki and the other one in Uruma (宇留間) which corresponds to the present-day Unuma district (鵜沼) of Gifu´s Kakamigahara City (各務原)

Nagasa: 72.4cm
Moto-haba: 3.3cm
Saki-haba: 2.9cm
Kasane: 0.7cm
Sori: 1.7cm