SWORD (BLADE) JAPANESE WAKIZASHI - NO FITTINGS

W1970.937

W1970.937
Cool Collection
Blade
Type: SHOTO

Mei: CHIKUZEN JU MINAMOTO NOBUKUNI

Nagasa: 55.0 cm

Sori: 1.4 cm, torii

Sugata: shinogi tsukuri, iori mune

Nakago: 15.7 cm, one mekugi ana, ubu

Kissaki: chu

Hada: unclear due to abrasion

Hamon: gonome/choji

Date: 1680-1750
This is the work of Chikuzen Nobukuni group (1650-1850). Many smiths worked in the same style, using virtually the same signature, for as long as 200 years. This blade appears to have been made c. 1680-1750. The signature reads: ‘Nobukuni, of the Minamoto clan, resident of Chikuzen Province (made this)’.
Koshirae

none

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: W1970.937
Accession Date: 19 Apr 1967

 

 

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