Antique Japanese Katana Sword with Gunome Hamon and Black Roiro Koshirae by Ichimune Nagamitsu
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description: Signature (Mei): 一宗長光 Ichimune Nagamitsu (omote; ura unsigned) Swordsmith: Ichimune Nagamitsu — 一宗 as the art name, 長光 as the working name Classification: Gendaitō — traditionally forged, water-quenched modern blade Period: Shōwa era (1926–1989) Japanese Registration (Tōroku-shō): Kyoto Prefecture No. 61883 — the mandatory possession licence for swords held in Japan Mounting: Complete katana koshirae — black roiro-nuri saya, rose silk tsuka-ito, iron tsuba with gold pine decoration Blade Length (Nagasa): 60.8 cm (just over 2 shaku) Curvature (Sori): 1.5 cm (approx. 5 bu) Mekugi-ana: 1 — ubu nakago, never shortened Shape (Sugata): Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chū-kissaki Jihada: Itame with a pronounced flowing nagare, drifting to masame toward the shinogi; ji-nie present Hamon: Regular gunome-midare in nioi-deki, ko-nie along the habuchi Boshi: Midare-komi with a rounded turnback A gendaitō by Ichimune Nagamitsu, signed 一宗長光 on the omote, measuring 60.8 cm nagasa with 1.5 cm of sori. The nakago is ubu — original length, single mekugi-ana, never shortened — so the sword stands in exactly the proportions its maker gave it. The hamon is the achievement here. A regular gunome-midare runs the full length of the blade, rounded heads spaced with near-metronomic evenness, starting immediately at the ha-machi with no yakidashi and holding its rhythm all the way to the yokote. The nioiguchi is tight and bright, with ko-nie gathered along the habuchi. Laying clay to this tolerance and carrying it through a water quench without the pattern breaking is the hardest thing a smith does; hesitation in the yaki-ire shows immediately, and there is none. The jihada is a well-forged itame with strong flowing nagare, running to masame as it reaches the shinogi-ji. Under raking light the folded structure reads across the ji as long streaming lines, with ji-nie giving the steel depth. The boshi enters the chū-kissaki as midare-komi and turns back in a rounded maru — continuous with the hamon,…
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