Photographs
Photographs by the seller at origin.
The piece
Katana by Ōmi no Kami Tsuguhira of Musashi province, signed and dated Meiwa 7 (1770), with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken papers, koshirae and shirasaya.
Katana by Ōmi no Kami Tsuguhira, a smith of Musashi province according to the original seller. The tang is ubu, with a single mekugi-ana, and bears the signature 藤田近江守藤原継平鍛 (Fujita Ōmi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhira kitau) and the date 明和七庚寅年八月吉日 (Meiwa shichinen kanoe-tora-doshi hachigatsu kichijitsu), the 8th month of Meiwa 7 (1770). According to the original seller, the blade measures 2 shaku 3 sun 3 bu (about 70.6 cm), with 1.5 cm of sori, a motohaba of 3.25 cm and a motokasane of 0.7 cm, and it has a gilt double habaki. The photographs show an undulating notare hamon and a medium kissaki. The blade comes with both a mounting and a shirasaya: the photographs show a koshirae with a black lacquered saya, an iron tsuba with an undulating surface, a tsuka wrapped in green silk over same, menuki, and fuchi-kashira carved with clouds, together with a wooden tsunagi. The original seller neither describes nor dates the mounting. The blade holds NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken papers and also retains an earlier Tokubetsu Kichō certificate from the same society.
Strong points
- Signed and dated in the 8th month of Meiwa 7 (1770)
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Tōken papers
- Ubu tang with a single mekugi-ana
- Comes with both koshirae and shirasaya
Points to bear in mind
- The original seller does not state the condition of the blade.
- The mounting is neither described nor dated; judging by the photographs, the saya lacquer, the ito and the sageo appear to have been redone.
Score
98.1 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
−20
Mounting the original seller says nothing about 0 · relacquered saya −10 · rewrapped ito −5 · new sageo −5
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Blade
+10
70.6 cm: within the usable range +10
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Shirasaya
+5
With a storage shirasaya +5
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Price
+23.1
Price: the more affordable, the more points +23.1
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
- 70.6 cm
- Sori
- 1.5 cm
- Tang
- Intact (ubu)
- Certificate
- NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon
- Mounting
- Mounting documented only in the photographs
- Storage shirasaya
- Yes
- Smith
- Tsuguhira
- Period
- Shintō (1596-1780)
- Dating
- 8th month of Meiwa 7 (1770)
- Mekugi-ana
- 1
- Condition
- Condition not declared
- Signed
- Yes
- With an engraved date
- Yes
- Motohaba
- 3,25 cm
- Sakihaba
- 2,05 cm
- Motokasane
- 0,7 cm
- Sakikasane
- 0,42 cm
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