Need Help To Identify A Shin-Gunto

[vajo]

I try to identify school and maybe smith of this Shin-Gunto blade.

 

I think this 70 cm mumei sword is a shinto blade forged in yamato tradition. The nakago-jiri shows irriyamagata. The kissaki is small with a aoe-boshi? Maybe the blade could be from the Tomoshige line of swordsmith? 

The habaki is made as two pieces copper with gold plated.

 

 

What you think?

[vajo]

Maybe that could help. 

 

Could that fits better in the military thread?   No one has an idea?

 

 

Or is it a Nanbukucho Tachi or a Sadatsugu?  

[vajo]

Got some informations about Fujiwara Masahiro (Hizen) Kanbun era. That comes near to this sword.

[Shugyosha]

Hi Chris,

 

I think that if this was a Hizen sword from the Kanbun era it would have konuka hada. I'm not sure I can make the hada out clearly in the picture. Also I would expect a komaru boshi. There's a lovely nidai Masahiro on Grey's website if you want an example. 

 

http://www.japaneseswordbooksandtsuba.com/store/swords/k58-large-wakizashi-hizen-masahiro-tokubetsu-hozon

 

One of the problems with shinshinto swords (and to some extent shinto also) is that they can be a bit generic and the lack of a signature doesn't help. I suspect this might be why no one has taken the plunge with an attribution so far...and I'm not going to either. 

 

Suguba hamon and indestinct hada don't give many clues as to school, though the overall sugata does suggest that kanbun era is a possibility age wise and I doubt that it's much older than this. Some better pictures of the hada and boshi might help, but in the absence of any distinguishing marks, I suspect you might have a John Doe here.

 

Best,

John

[vajo]

Hello John,

thank you.

 

you are right that is very difficult to say. May bad pictures do the rest to prevent an attribution. 

I try with another picture to see the hada.

 

 

But the polish is very old. 

 

I see in the sunlight thin lines of chikei. No chance to make a photo, my camera didnt do it sharp. 

 

 

Boshi is komaru from that what i see.

 

Regards 

 

Chris