Musashi Nagamichi, Chu Jo Saku, ca. 1660’s
NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon, with Koshirae
$3,950

Features:

A robust package with an exuberant Osaka Shinto blade and flashy koshirae. The blade is by Musashi Nagamichi and showcases his skills featuring classic Settsu workmanship. He was active during the prime of Osaka Shinto Kambun era and the kanteisho specifies this blade was made then.

The blade features a longer nagasa and a little deeper sori in the sugata than the average Kambun era wakizashi. The nakago is ubu and signed Musashi no Kami Fujiwara Nagamichi. The jigane is a tighter ko-itame hada. The hamon is complex large-pattern gunome choji that at times blends with an una-no-ha gunome horse tooth style. The hamon finishes in a midare-komi boshi. The hamon features exquisite nie work, oscillating between the tani and yakigashira, troughs and peaks of the gunome formations.

Along with high quality Edo-period koshirae.

Measurements:

Nagasa: 54.4 cm

Sori: 1.9 cm

Motohaba: 3.0 cm

Sakihaba: 2.0 cm

Kissaki: 3.2 cm

Nakago: 15.8 cm

Kasane: 6.7 mm