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Gendaito, Mukansa Nigara Kunitoshi Katana in Shirasaya


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Hi,All

 

for sale a nice gendaito from Mukansa Nigara Kunitoshi
Price: Paypal USD3000 + shipping

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. 


Type (Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Tanto, Naginata, Other) : Katana
Ubu, Suriage or O-Suriage : Ubu
Mei : (Mumei, Signature) : 表 : 津軽住人国俊造之 裏 : 昭和五十年初春
Papered or not and by whom? : No
Era/Age : 1975
Shirasaya, Koshirae or Bare Blade? : In SHIRASAYA 
Nagasa/Blade Length : 71.9cm
Sori : 202 cm
Width:33.2/21.6mm 
Thickness : 8.7/5.6mm
NAKAGO Length : 230mm
Hamon Type : Suguha
Jihada : Ko-itame
Other Hataraki Visible :Nioi
Flaws : no
Sword Location : United States
Will ship to : US only
Payment Methods Accepted : Paypal
Price and Currency : USD3000+shipping fee
Other Info and Full Description : 

 

Nigara Kunitoshi was born in 1906 and studied created swords under his father Yoshinobu, Horii Toshihide and Kato Masakuni.

His first signature was Akihiro (Hirosaki) and he later changed his name to Kunitoshi (Tsugaru-jyujin).

He was awarded the Honours of the Elder at the 7th Exhibition of New Japanese Swords (1942),

the Navy Minister's Prize for 12 Masterpieces of Rising Artists and a special prize at the 8th Exhibition of New Japanese Swords (1943),

the Chairman's Prize and the 10th Prize at the Army Military Sword Exhibition (1943) and the Minister of Army Prize

and the 1st Prize at the Exhibition for the Encouragement of Military Sword Techniques (1944).

He was highly regarded for his production of military swords. After the war, on 3 July 1954,

he received approval for the creation of swords and won numerous awards at exhibitions of created swords and new master swords,

and was recognised as an Aomori Prefecture Intangible Cultural Asset.

Japanese Sword Preservation Society (NBTHK) nominated him as the top skill qualification prize MUKANSA in 1981.

 

He worked hard on created swords, following the ideals of Rai Kunitoshi and Koubizen Tomonari.

This work has a Katana with a strong body, a bright straight blade with a bright nioi, and fine workmanship in the blade. The Katana was created at the age of 69.
 

 

 

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26 minutes ago, drjoe said:

nice sword and price! why are you listing the smith as a mukansa though? unless I'm missing something, he isn't one.

https://markussesko....-ningen-kokuho-list/

Maybe some confusion here "(NBTHK) nominated him as the top skill qualification prize MUKANSA in 1981.". Qualification not being the same as awarded. Although Sesko does indicate the list is a work in progress, so maybe the seller has some additional evidence to support the Mukansa attribution.

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