Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Shintō katana of the Kanewaka school of Kaga, signed with an ubu tang, with a declared Tokubetsu Hozon paper, a Fujishiro Matsuo polish and a sayagaki by Satō Kanzan.
Katana of the Kanewaka school of Kaga province, from the shintō period, placed by the original seller around the Enpō era and attributed to the third generation of the line. The tang is ubu, with a single mekugi-ana, a shallow kurijiri tip and the signature 賀州住兼若 (Kashū-jū Kanewaka), as the photographs show. Shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chū-kissaki; nagasa 71.6 cm, sori 1.3 cm. According to the original seller, the jigane is tight itame with mokume and chikei, and the hamon a gunome midare of angular shapes with ashi, abundant konie and sunagashi, with a straight bōshi and round turn-back; the photographs show the square-peaked gunome typical of the school. It is kept in shirasaya with a sayagaki by Satō Kanzan dated 1972, and has a one-piece gold-foiled habaki. The seller declares an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper from 2006 and a polish by Fujishiro Matsuo, Living National Treasure. There is no koshirae.
Strong points
- Ubu tang signed 賀州住兼若 (Kashū-jū Kanewaka)
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper, according to the original seller
- Polish by Fujishiro Matsuo, Living National Treasure, according to the original seller
- Shirasaya with sayagaki by Satō Kanzan (1972)
- Angular gunome typical of the Kanewaka school
Points to bear in mind
- The original seller declares a small inclusion (ishike) on the omote hira, below the yokote.
- Offered in shirasaya only, without koshirae.
- The paper does not appear in the photographs; the generation comes from the original seller's attribution.
Score
116.7 pointscurrent max. 255
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Certificate
+50
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper +50
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Tang
+25
Tang intact according to the seller at origin +25
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Declared condition
+15
The original seller declares flaws 0 · minor flaws −10 · museum polish +25
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Signature and date
+15
Signed, with no engraved date +15
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Mounting
−15
No mounting −15
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Blade
+10
71.6 cm: within the usable range +10
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Shirasaya
+5
With a storage shirasaya +5
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Price
+11.7
Price: the more affordable, the more points +11.7
The score adds and subtracts points for each feature of the piece and has no ceiling: the highest in the catalogue today is 255. It is computed from the record, not from an opinion. The mounting starts from what is known of its period, adds what vouches for it (its own NBTHK paper, a signed fitting, a crest) and subtracts what has been restored (saya, ito, same, habaki or sageo).
Measurements
- Nagasa
- 71.6 cm
- Sori
- 1.3 cm
- Tang
- Intact (ubu)
- Certificate
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
- Mounting
- No mounting
- Storage shirasaya
- Yes
- Smith
- Kashū Kanewaka
- Period
- Shintō (1596-1780)
- Dating
- Enpō era (1673–1681)
- Province
- Kaga
- Mekugi-ana
- 1
- Condition
- Minor flaws declared
- Signed
- Yes
- With an engraved date
- No
- Motohaba
- 2,9 cm
- Sakihaba
- 2,1 cm
- Motokasane
- 0,65 cm
- Sakikasane
- 0,5 cm