Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Katana by Iga no Kami Kanemichi dated Tenmei 3 (1783), freshly polished, in shirasaya and with a period mounting described by the original seller; NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken paper.
Katana by Iga no Kami Kanemichi, of the fifth generation according to the original seller, dated the 8th month of Tenmei 3 (1783). The tang, ubu according to the photographs and with a single mekugi-ana, bears on the omote the signature 日本鍛冶宗匠伊賀守藤原金道 (Nihon kaji sōshō Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kanemichi) and, on the ura, the chrysanthemum crest 菊紋 (kikumon), the inscription 雷除 (kaminari-yoke) and the date 天明三癸卯歳秋八月 (Tenmei san mizunoto-u no toshi aki hachigatsu), followed by a reference to guard duty at Nijō Castle. Shinogi-zukuri blade with a nagasa of 70.0 cm and 1.5 cm of sori; the original seller describes a gunome ō-midare hamon and a copper habaki with silver foil. Freshly polished, it is kept in shirasaya with tsunagi and comes with a period mounting that the seller describes without dating: tsuka of large-nodule white same with fine black ito, shakudō nanako fuchi-kashira with bamboo leaves and karajishi, pierced iron tsuba, polished kairagi saya and black sageo. The photographs show the mounting, the shirasaya and the NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken paper.
Strong points
- Signed and dated: 8th month of Tenmei 3 (1783), with the chrysanthemum crest on the tang
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken paper, photographed
- Recent polish and shirasaya with tsunagi
- Period mounting with shakudō nanako fuchi-kashira and pierced iron tsuba
- Excellent state of preservation according to the original seller
Points to bear in mind
- The mounting is presented as old, but the original seller does not date it and no paper for it is provided
- The listing does not mention menuki
- The photographs are small; the ura side of the tang cannot be seen in detail
Score
219 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
+50
Immaculate according to the original seller +40 · recent polish +10
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Signature and date
+25
Signed and with an engraved date +25
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Mounting
+35
Antique mounting, from another period than the blade +35
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Blade
+10
70 cm: within the usable range +10
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Shirasaya
+5
With a storage shirasaya +5
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Price
+24
Price: the more affordable, the more points +24
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 cm
- Sori
- 1.5 cm
- Tang
- Intact according to the photographs
- Certificate
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
- Mounting
- Mounting described piece by piece by the seller at origin
- Storage shirasaya
- Yes
- Smith
- Iga no Kami Kinmichi
- Period
- Shinshintō (1781-1876)
- Dating
- 8th month of Tenmei 3 (1783)
- Mekugi-ana
- 1
- Condition
- Recent polish declared by the seller at origin
- Signed
- Yes
- With an engraved date
- Yes
- Motohaba
- 2,99 cm
- Sakihaba
- 2,16 cm
- Motokasane
- 0,76 cm
- Sakikasane
- 0,54 cm
- Blade weight
- 767 g
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