S0306
SOLD
An elegant katana signed, Shimizu Jinnoshin Nobutaka. Dated, Kansei hachi nen ni gatsu hi (a day in February 1797). Shinogizukure, iroi mune, high shinogi, little niku, chu kissaki, bo hi. Hawatare: 2 shaku 3 sun 1 bu (70 cm / 27.55") Motohaba: 3.23 cm. Sakihaba: 2.28 cm. Kasane: 6.6 mm. Gunome with gunome choji, ko-midare in ko-nie deki. Soft habuchi with deep ashi iri. A moist itame, slightly nagare, with fine bright jinie. In new polish. Valued at 2,200,000 yen in Toko Taikan, by Tokuno. If interested in putting together a dai-sho, S305 http://www.nihonto.us/NOBUTAKA%20TANTO%20FG.htm has the same signature and date.
Mounted in Shin gunto koshirae with a silver mon on the kabutogane. The koshirae is as close to mint as I can remember seeing. Silver foil habaki.
The Nobutaka smiths worked in Owari province, and in the Mino tradition. From Nambokucho times there was a good deal of interaction between the smiths in Owari and Mino provinces. Eighth generation Nobutaka dated works range from Kansei 5 (1794) to Bunka 2 (1805). $5,750
