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Product No. KA-0740 伯州米子住曙峯軒吉幸
Mei Shohoken Yoshiyuki from Yonago, Hakushu
Back: On a day in February 1857
Shape Shinogizukuri Iorimune
Region Hoki Province
Era Bakumatsu (1857)
Size
Length
74.9 cm
29.5 in
Sori (curvature)
2.3 cm
0.9 in
Motohaba
3.1 cm
1.2 in
Sakihaba
2.2 cm
0.9 in
Munekasane
0.7 cm
0.3 in
NBTHK Certification
Status Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Certification Date June 13, 2018
Provincial Registration
Registration Authority Tottori Prefecture
Registration Date March 08, 1951
Item Details
Jihada (Metal pattern) Koitame
Hamon (Temper line) Gunome-midare with Konie and Ashi
Engraving Futasuji-hi on each side
Bōshi (Point / Tip) Midare Komaru
Nakago (Tang) Ubu, unaltered. Reversed Sujikai with Kesho file pattern and a Kurijiri end
Mekugiana (Rivet holes) 1
Habaki Copper base silver foil Koshiyujo file pattern Habaki

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600,000 JPY

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Other Info
This swordsmith, Shohoken Yoshiyuki, was the son of Yamazaki Yoshihiro from Izumo Province. Shohoken was adopted by the swordsmith, Shimizu Masayoshi from Yonago. Later Shohoken moved to the city of Osaka where he learned Bizen-den. Sometime after, he moved back to Izumo where he became an official worker of the Izumo Province. He passed away in 1886 at the age of 75-year-olds. This Katana has a length of 2.47 Shaku, a very long blade with a beautiful shape. The Kitae is Koitame and the Hamon is Gunome-midare with Konie and Ashi. The Boshi is Midare Komaru and the Nakago is Reversed Sujikai file pattern with Kessho pattern. It remains one of the masterpieces of Shohoken Yoshiyuki and has passed the Tokubetsu Hozon Token shinsa in June of 2018.
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