(Magoueamon) Kiyomitsu

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Here is further information on the Kiyomitsu signed blade I inquired about in "Translations"...

 

Nagasa: 26.125"-66.2cm

Hamon: Sugaha in nio deki, barely discernable ko ashi/sunagashi. Hamon "grows" towards monouchi.

Hada: Rather coarse mokume/masame.

Boshi: Kaeri Fukai (long turnback)

Ko Kissaki

Iori-mune

Moto Haba: 1.15"-2.9cm

Saki Haba: .76"-1.92cm

Moto Gasane: .25"-6.42mm

Saki Gasane: .15"-3.77mm

 

This blade (with exception of hada) is quite similar to a Kajiyama Yasutoku (Yasukuni smith) I have. I suppose this supports the Yasukuni ideal of replicating the work of the Osafune school Bizen smiths.

 

Here are some photos (primarily of hamon/hada, it was raining and prevented any sugata shots):

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Additional photos...

[mdiddy]

Nice Bizen-to. I like the chu-suguha.

[george trotter]

Hi Todd,

This is the sword from the sayagaki translation thread I take it?

Nice sword..looks quite healthy. I just had a quick look at the books and the characteristics of this blade (mokume/O-hada, small kissaki, suguba and mei) seem to fit nicely with the descriptions there. Looks like you have come upon a nice blade...nice condition too.

I notice in the boshi pic the shinogiji has mokume but also some masame appears in other pics of the shinogiji...I suppose this is the beginnings of masame hada in the shinogiji which characterises many swords soon to appear in shinto times? Thanks for sharing...

regards,

George.

[DirkO]

Nice looking sword indeed ! In the first shot, what are those indents near the mekugi-ana ? Were those done to fit tighter to the mekugi ? Similar as with tsuba ?

[huntershooter]

Thank you gentlemen.

Yes Dirk, uppermost mekugi ana has been "peened", presumably to tighten.