Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Shinshintō katana by Nagato no Suke Yoshitsugu, dated Bunkyū 1 (1861), with ubu tang, declared Tokubetsu Hozon paper, shirasaya and a black-lacquered mounting.
Katana by Nagato no Suke Yoshitsugu, a smith serving the Himeji domain (Harima) who, according to the original seller, worked at Hakusan in Edo. The tang is ubu with a single mekugi-ana; the omote bears the signature 長門介吉次 (Nagato no Suke Yoshitsugu) and the ura the date 文久元年八月日 (Bunkyū gannen hachigatsu hi), the eighth month of 1861. The blade is shinogi-zukuri with an iori-mune, 71.3 cm in nagasa with 1.4 cm of sori. According to the original seller, the jigane is itame mixed with mokume, with fine ji-nie and chikei; the hamon is a chū-suguha gently undulating with ko-midare, a soft nioiguchi and ko-nie, with ko-ashi, yō, kinsuji and sunagashi. The piece retains its shirasaya and an uchigatana mounting with a black ishime-lacquered saya, a mokkō-shaped iron tsuba, decorated fuchi-kashira and a wrapped tsuka over same, shown complete in the photographs. The original seller declares NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken papers.
Strong points
- Full signature and date: Bunkyū 1 (1861)
- Ubu tang with a single mekugi-ana
- Declared NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon paper
- Shirasaya plus a complete black-lacquered mounting
Points to bear in mind
- The listing says nothing about the blade's condition
- The mounting is described but not dated
- The paper does not appear in the photographs
Score
130 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
−20
The original seller says nothing about the condition −20
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Signature and date
+25
Signed and with an engraved date +25
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Mounting
+5
Mounting described, undated +5
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Blade
+10
71.3 cm: within the usable range +10
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Shirasaya
+5
With a storage shirasaya +5
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Price
+30
Price: the more affordable, the more points +30
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
- 71.3 cm
- Sori
- 1.4 cm
- Tang
- Intact (ubu)
- Certificate
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
- Mounting
- Mounting described piece by piece by the seller at origin
- Storage shirasaya
- Yes
- Smith
- Yoshitsugu
- Period
- Shinshintō (1781-1876)
- Dating
- 8th month of Bunkyū 1 (1861)
- Province
- Harima
- Mekugi-ana
- 1
- Condition
- Condition not declared
- Signed
- Yes
- With an engraved date
- Yes
- Motokasane
- 0,78 cm
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