Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Katana signed by Ōmi no Kami Hisamichi of the Mishina school of Kyoto, around the Kanbun era, with an ubu tang and NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon papers declared by the original seller.
Katana by Ōmi no Kami Hisamichi, a smith of the Mishina school working in Yamashiro province. According to the original seller, the first master of this name was born in Ōmi province, trained under Izumi no Kami Rai Kinmichi and received the title Ōmi no Kami in Kanbun 2 (1662); the listing places this blade around Kanbun 4 (1664). It is a broad, thick blade with moderate sori, a chū-kissaki and a crisp shinogi, with a nagasa of 70.4 cm. The photographs show a notare hamon with gunome of varying height; the original seller describes a tight ko-itame jigane with abundant ji-nie, thick, bright nie with kinsuji and sunagashi, nie ashi and a Mishina-style bōshi with a ko-maru turn-back. The tang appears ubu in the photographs, with a single mekugi-ana and a tapering tip, and bears the imperial chrysanthemum engraved above the signature 菊紋 近江守源久道 (kikumon Ōmi no Kami Minamoto no Hisamichi). It comes with a gold-foiled double habaki and, according to the listing, a shirasaya. The original seller declares NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken papers. The blade has no mounting.
Strong points
- Signature with the imperial chrysanthemum engraved on the tang
- Ubu tang with a single mekugi-ana, as seen in the photographs
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken papers, declared by the original seller
- Broad, thick blade with a notare and gunome hamon
- Gold-foiled double habaki
Points to bear in mind
- No mounting (koshirae)
- The shirasaya is stated in the listing but does not appear in the photographs
- The listing does not state the condition of the blade
- The papers do not appear in the photographs
Score
87.3 pointscurrent max. 255
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Certificate
+50
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper +50
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Tang
+20
Tang intact according to the photographs +20
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Declared condition
−20
The original seller says nothing about the condition −20
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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
70.4 cm: within the usable range +10
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Shirasaya
+5
With a storage shirasaya +5
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Price
+22.3
Price: the more affordable, the more points +22.3
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
- 70.4 cm
- Sori
- 1.3 cm
- Tang
- Intact according to the photographs
- Certificate
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
- Mounting
- No mounting
- Storage shirasaya
- Yes
- Period
- Shintō (1596-1780)
- Dating
- Kanbun era (1661–1673)
- Province
- Yamashiro
- Mekugi-ana
- 1
- Condition
- Condition not declared
- Signed
- Yes
- With an engraved date
- No
- Motohaba
- 3,12 cm
- Sakihaba
- 2,03 cm
- Motokasane
- 0,79 cm
- Shinogi-kasane
- 0,73 cm