| Product No. KA-0832 長谷堂住恒平作 | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
Hasedō-jū Tsunehira saku, Made by Tsunehira, resident of Hasedō Back: A day in August, 2001 |
| Shape | Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune. A graceful and elegant sugata with a chū-kissaki, ordinary mihaba, kasane, and sori |
| Region | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Era | Heisei Period |
| Length |
64 cm 25.2 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
1.8 cm 0.7 in |
| Motohaba |
2.7 cm 1.1 in |
| Sakihaba |
2 cm 0.8 in |
| Munekasane |
0.6 cm 0.2 in |
| Registration Authority | Yamagata Prefecture |
| Registration Date | July 24, 2001 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | The jihada is a ko-itame hada flowing toward the ha, covered with thick ji-nie and interspersed with chikei |
| Hamon (Temper line) | The hamon is a gentle notare mixed with gunome-midare, richly covered with nie and displaying kinsuji, nie-suji, and sunagashi |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | The boshi is midare-komi and forms a ko-maru, turning back slightly |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, katte-agari yasurime, kurijiri |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 1 |
| Habaki | Double habaki: upper sleeve copper base, gold-foiled, with yokoyasuri; lower sleeve shakudō, with tateyasuri |
| Mountings | Koshirae-tsuki |
| Koshirae | Higo koshirae with a brown ishimeji-lacquered saya （tsuba excluded） |
| Koshirae Length |
90.0 cm 35.4 in |
| Tsuka Length |
20.8 cm 8.2 in |
| Tsuba | Moon Rabbit. Iron, tate-maru-gata, takabori, iroe zōgan |
| Menuki | Seaweed and Shells. Shakudō, katachibori, gold iroe |
| Fuchigashira | Hi-gata fuchi, nami-yamamichi kashira, and dorozuri kojiri |
| Other details | Tsuka covered with black samegawa and wrapped in brown smoked leather in tsumami-maki style |
Price |
1,000,000 JPY |
| Tsunehira Kambayashi was born in 1949 in present-day Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture. In 1967, he became a student of Miyairi Yukihira, a Living National Treasure. He received his swordsmith license in 1973 and, in the same year, won the Doryoku-shō (Effort Award) at the NBTHK's Shinsaku Meitō Ten with his first exhibited work. Thereafter, he received Special Awards on nine consecutive occasions and, at the age of thirty-six in 1985, was granted Mukansa status. In 1986, he established his forge in Hasedō, Yamagata City. In 2008, he was designated a Yamagata Prefectural Intangible Cultural Property Holder (Traditional Craft Techniques). He is currently 77 years old. With a blade length of slightly over 2 shaku 1 sun, this work may be regarded as a kodachi. The Bizen-inspired notare-midare hamon and the somewhat ikubi-style kissaki suggest that it was made in the style of the celebrated Kamakura-period smith Niji Kunitoshi. Forged when Kambayashi was fifty-two years old, the blade demonstrates the mature skill and refined craftsmanship of an accomplished master swordsmith. The sword is mounted in an elegant Higo koshirae, making it a complete and highly attractive example of modern Japanese sword craftsmanship. |
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