Wakizashi shape question.

[BjornLundin]

I noticed this a bit strange shape of a wakizashi. I was wondering if my eyes are right, it feels that the proportions are a bit of, long kissaki also... 

 

I feel, I need some more education in this one 😀

 

https://auctionet.com/sv/1763172-wakizashi-Japan-mei-kanda-ju-kanetsun-shinto-1597-1780-nagasa-38-cm

 

 

[ROKUJURO]

Björn,

I believe that your eyes are o.k., but the photos should have had a dark background so you would have seen the MUNE of the blade.

The blade's SUGATA is probably a form of SHÔBU-ZUKURI (菖蒲造): Basically a shinogi-zukuri without yokote where the shinogi-ji drops off towards the mune. This rather sharp looking interpretation reminds of an iris (Japanese shôbu) leaf, thus shôbu-zukuri. A shôbu-zukuri is mostly seen on tantô and wakizashi of the Muromachi period and there are two different kinds of shôbu-zukuri:

At one the shinogi meets in moroha-zukuri-manner the very tip of the sword (see picture below) and at the other, the shinogi runs like the ko-shinogi up to the mune, just without a yokote.  (From Markus Sesko)



Or it is a normal SHINOGI-ZUKURI where the YOKOTE has been lost . But from the pictures I get the impression that the MUNE is quite narrow.

On the SAYA of this sword, there is a piece (of black horn?) missing on the KOI-GUCHI. Otherwise a nice item, if you have the means to have it polished.

The auction house gave a wrong spelling of the smith's name: It is KANETSUNE.

[Geraint]

For what it's worth I think this is actually  shinogi zukuri blade with an o kissaki.  When I enlarge the auction house images I think I can see a yokote.  Have to agree with Jean, this would look really good if in proper polish.

 

Let us know how this goes, Bjorn.

 

All the best.

[ChrisW]

I agree with Geraint here, I think I can see a faint yokote on both sides in the same location.

[BjornLundin]

Ty all. Thank you for the advice! I will keep my eyes on the bidding 🧐 

 

-Björn