Saemon-No-Jō Nobukuni Wakizashi (Circa Oei 1394-1428)

[Ray Singer]

Listing another from the recently consigned collection. This is a wakizashi which has been attributed to the Oei Nobukuni smith Saemon-no-jō Nobukuni. He worked in the early Muromachi period circa Oei (1394).

 

https://nihontoclub.com/smiths/NOB309

 

The hamon on this one is just spectacular. It has an extremely bright gonome midare hamon with a river of sunagashi running though middle (like Naoe Shizu, which also exhibits this type of activity). The attribution to Saemon-no-jō comes from the NTHK. Dimensions for this sword are below.

 

Nagasa: 38cm

Moto-haba: 29cm

Saki-haba: 26cm

Mekugi-ana: 3

Kasane: 5cm

 

 

Best regards,

Ray

[16k]

And yet another gem for sale!

[Ken-Hawaii]

Sunagashi or kinsuji? Almost wish that I hadn't bought my last blade so I'd still have some funds for this one.

[Ray Singer]

Returned to owner. Please archive.

 

Kind regards,

Ray