| Product No. WA-0925 藤原久幸作之 | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
ujiwara Hisayuki Saku Kore (Made by Fujiwara Hisayuki) Back: Tenpo 7, Kinoe Year (1836), at Senju. Fujiwara Hisatoki personally tested the blade. |
| Shape | Shinogi-zukuri with an iori-mune. Slightly elongated chu-kissaki, with well-proportioned mihaba, kasane, and sori, presenting a refined and elegant shape. |
| Region | Edo, Musashi Province |
| Era | Late Edo Period |
| Length |
47.7 cm 18.8 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
1.4 cm 0.6 in |
| Motohaba |
2.9 cm 1.1 in |
| Sakihaba |
2.2 cm 0.9 in |
| Munekasane |
0.6 cm 0.2 in |
| Status | Tokubetsu Hozon Token |
| Certification Date | April 30, 1987 |
| Registration Authority | Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Registration Date | December 18, 1959 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Fine ko-mokume-hada, moist in appearance and beautifully refined. |
| Hamon (Temper line) | Notare with a deep nioiguchi and fine ko-nie, showing kuichigai (interrupted temper lines). |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Ichimai. Deeply tempered, with the turn beginning around the mitsugashira (three-peaked area). |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu (unaltered), with sujikai file marks accompanied by kesho (decorative file marks), and a ha-agari kuri-jiri end. |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 1 |
| Habaki | Copper base, silver-foiled habaki with Yujo-style file marks around the lower section. |
| Mountings | Koshirae-tsuki |
| Koshirae | Wakizashi Koshirae with a Lacquered and Polished Rayskin Saya (Samegawa Togidashi Saya) |
| Koshirae Length |
70.7 cm 27.8 in |
| Tsuka Length |
15.0 cm 5.9 in |
| Tsuba | Plain design. Shakudo polished ground, vertically elongated oval shape, nanako-decorated rim with gold iroe decoration. |
| Menuki | Plum Tree Design. Shakudo ground, katachibori (three-dimensional carving), gold iroe decoration. |
| Fuchigashira | Deer and Bamboo Grass Design. Shakudo polished ground, inlaid gold iroe decoration. |
| Kozuka | Three Folding Fans Design. Shakudo nanako ground, inlaid gold iroe decoration. |
| Other details | Tsuka: White rayskin with brown smoked leather tsumami-maki wrapping. |
Price |
650,000 JPY |
| Kawai Hisayuki was a hatamoto (direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate) and was also known for his exceptional skills in swordsmanship and spear fighting. He initially studied sword forging under Nakayama Ikkansai Yoshihiro and later under Shimizu Hisayoshi, a disciple of Hosokawa Masayoshi. Many of his works bear inscriptions identifying him as a retainer of the shogunate, such as “Bakufu-shi” or “Bakufu-shin.” He was also an accomplished maker of spears. He passed away in 1868, the first year of the Meiji era, at the age of 83. This refined wakizashi was forged in Tenpo 7 (1836), when Hisayuki was 51 years old and in his prime. The forging displays beautifully refined, moist-looking ko-mokume-hada, while the hamon consists of notare with a deep nioiguchi, showing kuichigai (interrupted temper lines). The deeply tempered boshi forms an ichimai (fully tempered tip). The carefully finished nakago bears an intriguing inscription on the reverse, recording that Fujiwara Hisatoki tested the blade's cutting ability at Senju. The blade passed the NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token shinsa in 1988. It is accompanied by a finely crafted Wakizashi Koshirae with a Lacquered and Polished Rayskin Saya, befitting the quality of this excellent blade. |
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