Product No. NAG-0032 奉納 加州住藤原兼久造之 | |
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Mei |
Dedicated. Made by Fujiwara Kanehisa a resident of Kashu Back: April 25, 1819 the Leap Year of Rabit |
Shape | Naginatazukuri |
Region | Kaga Province |
Era | Late Edo Period |
Length |
34.2 cm 13.5 in |
Sori (curvature) |
2.1 cm 0.8 in |
Motohaba |
2.8 cm 1.1 in |
Munekasane |
0.6 cm 0.2 in |
Status | Tokubetsu Hozon Token |
Certification Date | February 21, 2025 |
Registration Authority | Ishikawa Prefecture |
Registration Date | March 18, 1951 |
Jihada (Metal pattern) | Dense Itame with jinie and chikei |
Hamon (Temper line) | Ko-gunome midare, like Sanbonsugi, with sunagashi |
Engraving | Naginata-hi on each side |
Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Midare Komaru turn |
Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, Kattesagari with file and kurijiri end |
Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 2 |
Habaki | Copper, Kashu type habaki |
Price |
400,000 JPY |
This Kashū Kanehisa [兼久] was Jintaro Kanehisa [甚太郎兼久] born in 1795, passed away in 1846. He was a desiple of Yasuhira [泰平], related to the Darani School. The Kashū Kanehisa lineage is said to originate with the first-generation Jingo Kanehisa [甚五兼久], a descendant of Kanehisa in Seki, Mino province who moved to Kashū/Kaga province around the Genki era, the Momoyama period. The lineage continued throughout the Edo period. This naginata is a relatively small and its mei with “Hōnō [奉納]” (Dedication) sagest that this was a special order, and was a meticulous piece of work made by Kanehisa (the eighth generation) in 1819 at his age of 24. It passed the Tokubetsu Hozon Token shinsa in 2025. |