| Product No. KA-0781 無銘（青江） | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
Mumei, but attributed to the Aoe school Back: -- |
| Shape | Shinogizukuri Iorimune |
| Region | Bitchu Province |
| Era | Late Kamakura Period |
| Length |
72.7 cm 28.6 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
2.4 cm 0.9 in |
| Motohaba |
2.8 cm 1.1 in |
| Sakihaba |
1.7 cm 0.7 in |
| Munekasane |
0.7 cm 0.3 in |
| Status | Juyo Token |
| Certification Date | July 06, 1968 |
| Registration Authority | Tokyo |
| Registration Date | March 28, 1951 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Kotame with mokume, sumihada |
| Hamon (Temper line) | Chu-suguha with sakagakaru gunome-choji, ashi and yo |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Sugu komaru turn |
| Nakago (Tang) | Osuriage |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 2 |
| Habaki | Two part, Uwagai gold and Shitagai copper base gold foil with file habaki |
| Mountings | Koshirae-tsuki |
| Koshirae | Uchigatana koshirae with a leather wrapped brown lacquered saya |
| Koshirae Length |
98.8 cm 38.9 in |
| Tsuka Length |
21.9 cm 8.6 in |
| Tsuba | (Hozon Tosogu) Fukiyose; Autumns Leaves, Shoami Kanenori |
| Menuki | Dragon, gold, the Goto school |
| Fuchigashira | Kushimatsu Family Crests |
| Other details | Kushimatsu Family Crests (Sarute, Kurikata, Origane, Kojiri) |
Price |
6,500,000 JPY |
| This katana is mumei, but attributed to the Aoe school, passed the Juyo Token shinsa in 1968 (at the 17th), said to have been passed down through the Nishio family, lords of Yokosuka Castle in Tōtōmi Province. The Aoe smiths were a group of swordsmiths residing in Aoe, Bitchū Province during the Koto period. Their origins are believed to date back to around the late Heian period (1120). Aoe swords are categorized by era: those made before the mid-Kamakura period are called Kō-Aoe, while those made thereafter are simply called Aoe (with those from the Muromachi period termed Sue-Aoe). The defining characteristics of Aoe swords are sumi-hada visible in the jigane and the presence of saka-midare and saka-ashi in the hamon, which are key points of interest. This blade is described as: “An mumei with ohsuriage, made by the Aoe school in the late Kamakura period. Even in its current blade length, its high curvature and well-preserved style of 2 shaku 4 sun (approx. 72 cm) suggest it was originally a long tachi blade approaching 3 shaku (approx. 90 cm). The March 1951 Tokyo torokusho Registration Certificate bears the inscription “Suriage, mumei, attributed to Den Aoe Tsunetsugu.” It also has a sayagaki inscription from 1938 reading “Bitchū Province, Aoe” by Hōkō (Kōzuhaku). It comes with a custom-made koshirae ordered by the Nishio family, lords of Yokosuka Domain in Totomi Province, bearing their family crests (1st crest: Kushi-matsu; 2nd crest: Ken-katabami) |
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