Roland Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 The more you see the more you would like to own... Well, to make a long story short I would have a chance to get a shin-gunto mounted (again with a mon) and with additional shira-saya equipped Koto-blade from a guy in UK. No ebay this time ) Mumei Katana Sugata looks like late Nambukochu Blade length: 69.5cm (o-suriage) Width at Machi: 2.75cm Width at Yakote: 1.75cm Kissaki: 2.5cm Sori: 1.5cm Gold foil wrapped copper Habaki Ko-maru Boshi (plus nie kuzure with abundant nie?) Much activity within the hamon, utsuri seen 2 Mekugi-ana So the period seems clear to me, the tradition could be Bizen (Ichimonji school?) or Yamashiro, but for more conclusions I'll need further photos from that guy... What do you think? Is it possible with these informations to make some additional statements about period, school and even smith? Each hint is appreciated! Quote
pcfarrar Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 It has masame in the shinogi ji so it can't be a koto bizen blade. I think its a Mino, looks to be a very nice sword. Quote
Guest Nanshoku-Samurai Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 I agree, that it is Mino school. I would want to think Mid Shinto periode. Nie sword and interesting polish. Quote
nagamaki - Franco Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 There is quite a bit of nie, how could it be mino? ty Quote
Jacques Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 Hi, There is quite a bit of nie, how could it be mino? ty Mino-den is considered to be in Yamato mixed with Soshu tradition also abundant nie is natural and required :D I think this blade is older than shinto but not Nanbokucho. Quote
Darcy Posted October 11, 2007 Report Posted October 11, 2007 The sword I think is Mino-den. It is Muromachi period, and shows some traits of the Kanesada school in the gunome and sunagashi. Also noting some whiteness in the jihada as a Mino trait, and I feel like I see some shirake utsuri in a thin line along the shinogi-ji but not sure. There were some large swords still made in the Muromachi. The sword would have to have a proper polish to evaluate the quality of the jihada I think. I would put it somewhere middle to end of Muromachi. Earlier Mino looks more like Soshu with some Yamato mixed in, and what we see in this sword looks like the Kanesada style instead of the Kanemoto style, that comes after the Naoe Shizu step of the evolution. That's my guess on it. Quote
Roland Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Posted October 12, 2007 And again I'm in learning mode... Thanx a lot for these very illustrative oberservations and conclusions. Seems I've to train my eyes especially for masame in the shinogi-ji. Seems too that I'm developing a kind of natural affinity for Mino-den Nihonto... After I had realized it could be a Mino-den blade my first idea indeed was the Kanesada school as Darcy pointed out. In the meantime I've got some more photos and can approve that there indeed is a line of shirake utsuri parallel to the shinogi. Quote
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