ISE NO KAMI KUNITERU DAI-SHO

Ise no Kami Kuniteru Dai-Sho

S0096

A pair of swords by Ise no Kami Kuniteru. Rated Jo Saku and has the sharpness rating of wazamono in Fujishiro's Nihon Toko Jiten - Shinto Hen. Nihon To Taikan by Shibata, values his work at 4,000,000 yen.

These are works by the first generation Kuniteru, who was the fourth son shodai Kunisuke. He was granted the title of Ise Daijo in 1671, changed his title to Ise no Kami in the spring of 1672. During the Tenna era (1681 - 1684), he was considered the best smith after Tsuda Sukehiro and Inoue Shinkai. After the middle of Genroku (1688 - 1704), he changed his nakago nusa (folded prayer paper). Kuniteru was a smith who changed both the style of his signature and shape of his nakago drastically over the years, and as such it is possible to fix approximate time of production to his works.

Katana:

Hawatare: 2 shaku 3 sun 0 bu 3.46 rin (69.8 cm) Motohaba: 3.3 cm Sakihaba 2.1 cm Kasane: 8.5 mm

Form: Shinogi zukuri, iroi mune, average mihaba, a noticeable difference in width between the motohaba and sakihaba, high shinogi, chu-kissaki. Forging: Itame hada with nagare and o-hada mixed in. Ji nie, chikei, with a moist appearance. Temper Pattern: Suguba with notareba mixed in. There is profuse small nie, and long kinsuji and sunagashi, hataraki, nado. Boshi: Ko-maru with hakikaki. Nakago: Ubu, zaimei, one mekugi ana. NTHK Kanteisho

Wakizashi: Hawatare: 1 shaku 7 sun 7 bu (53.6349) Motohaba: 2.66 cm Sakihaba: 1.71 cm Kansane: 6.6 mm

Form: Shinogi zukuri, iroi mune, slightly narrow mihaba, a noticeable difference in width between the motohaba and sakihaba, high shinogi, chu-kissaki Forging: Itame hada with nagare and o-hada mixed in. Ji nie, chikei. Temper Pattern: Suguba with notareba mixed in. There is profuse nie, and long kinsuji and sunagashi, hataraki, nado. The nie is a little coarser and brighter than on the katana. Boshi: Ko-maru on the omote and hakikaki on the ura. Nakago: Suriage, machi Okure, two mekugi ana. NBTHK Hozon Kanteisho

$22,500