Antique Japanese Katana Sword, Ubu Signed Jumyo and Black Roiro Koshirae - NBTHK Hozon
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description: Signature (Mei): 壽命 Jumyō (transcribed 寿命 on the NBTHK paper) Swordsmith: Jumyō (Toshinaga) — Jumyō lineage of Mino / Owari School / Tradition: Jumyō School (Mino-den, Yamato origins) Period / Province: Shintō (新刀) period, Edo era — 17th century / Mino - Owari Province Certificate: NBTHK Hozon Tōken (保存刀剣) No. 3038123, issued 1 December 2025 — classified Shintō (新刀) Registration (Tōroku-shō): Tokyo No. 328666, dated 8 October 2024 Mounting: Full katana koshirae — black roiro-nuri saya, iron mokkō tsuba with landscape design, long dragon menuki Blade Length (Nagasa): 62.4 cm (2 shaku 0 sun 6 bu) Curvature (Sori): 1.0 cm — shallow, compact Kanbun-Shintō proportions Mekugi-ana: 2 Shape: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chū-kissaki Jihada: Tight, well-compacted ko-itame Hamon: Suguha-chō with soft undulation, bright and even nioiguchi Bōshi: Ko-maru with kaeri Habaki: Single-piece silver-coloured habaki with horizontal file finish (yoko-yasuri) This Katana is signed 壽命 (Jumyō) and carries NBTHK Hozon Tōken papers issued in December 2025, which classify the blade as Shintō — a work of the Edo-period Jumyō lineage, the Mino smiths whose name literally means "long life". Measuring 62.4 cm with a shallow 1.0 cm sori, it shows the compact, businesslike sugata that defined mid-17th-century sword making: a katana built for the tight quarters and fast draw of Edo-period city life rather than for the open battlefield. The blade is shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and a well-proportioned chū-kissaki. The shinogi-ji stands crisp and bright, the ji quiet and dark under the polish, and the geometry is clean from machi to point — the blade retains healthy thickness with no loss of shape through the monouchi. The jihada is a tight, densely forged ko-itame, so finely compacted that the surface reads almost as muji in the middle third, exactly the disciplined steel one expects from a Shintō-period Mino-lineage workshop. The hamon is suguha-chō (straight-based temper line) running the full length…
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