See additional detail of full koshirae at the end.
Description
ATTRIBUTED SMITH: Shimizu Jinnoshin Nobutaka (清水甚之進信高)
PROVINCE: Owari
AGE: circa 1800 AD
CUTTING EDGE: 54.85cm ~ 21.6 inches
ERA: Shin-Shinto period (late Edo)
HAMON: Notare, Nie based
MEKUGI-ANA: 1
SHAPE: Shinogi-Zukuri Iore-Mune
CERTIFICATE: Both blade & Koshirae w/ NBTHK Hozon paper
KOSHIRAE DESCRIPTION:
Kuro itame-ji nuri-saya wakizashi-koshirae (黒板目地塗鞘脇指拵) – Wakizashi-koshirae featuring scabbard with black wood-texture lacquer
Fuchigashira depicting monkeys with paper/silk cuttings for offerings, of shakudō, with takabori relief and copper iroe accents, unsigned.
Menuki depicting dragons, in katachibori and completely gilded.
Kozuka missing.
Tsuba depicting clouds, of iron, in mokkōgata with brass takabori relief, zōgan inlay, sukashi opening, and kozuka-hitsu-ana, signed: Shōami Takenobu (正阿弥武信)
NBTHK – 1993
Nobutaka (信高), 8th gen., Kansei (寛政, 1789-1801), Owari – „Owari no Kuni Nobutaka“ (尾張国信高), „Shimizu Jinnoshin Nobutaka“
(清水甚之進信高), civilian name „Shimizu Jinnoshin“ (清水甚之進), student of the 6th gen. Nobutaka, it is said that he signed in early years
with „Jinrokurō Nobunao“ (甚六郎信直), because the 6th and 7th were of whatever reason only for a short time heads of the school, he was
allowed to succeed as 8th gen. Nobutaka, we know blades from the Kansei to the Bunka era (文化, 1804-1818), he died on the tenth day of
the ninth month Tenpō eight (天保, 1837) and he also applied a tōran-midare in the style of Sukehiro (助広)
Reference information from – Index of Japanese sword smiths By Markus Sesko Available for purchase – click here.
Owari school genealogy chart – Reference information from – Nihon Shinto shi pg 184, By Markus Sesko Available for purchase – click here.
Ratings:
Hawley’s: 15 points
Toko taikan: 2.2 million Yen
Certificates: Blade- NBTHK Hozon certificate. Koshirae: NBTHK Hozon certificate.
Price – $5000 obo
NBTHK Hozon certificates images and translation:
Kantei-Sho (鑑定書) – Appraisal
No 3005182
Wakizashi, unsigned: Shimizu Jinnoshin Nobutaka (清水甚之進信高)
nagasa ~ 55.0 cm
According to the result of the shinsa committee of our society, we judge this work as authentic and rank it as Hozon Tōken.
March 20, 2014
[Foundation] Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, NBTHK (日本美術刀劍保存協會)
Kantei-Sho (鑑定書) – Appraisal
No 427832
Kuro itame-ji nuri-saya wakizashi-koshirae (黒板目地塗鞘脇指拵) – Wakizashi-koshirae featuring scabbard with black wood-texture lacquer
Fuchigashira depicting monkeys with paper/silk cuttings for offerings, of shakudō, with takabori relief and copper iroe accents, unsigned.
Menuki depicting dragons, in katachibori and completely gilded.
Kozuka missing.
Tsuba depicting clouds, of iron, in mokkōgata with brass takabori relief, zōgan inlay, sukashi opening, and kozuka-hitsu-ana, signed: Shōami Takenobu (正阿弥武信)
According to the result of the shinsa committee of our society, we judge this work as authentic and rank it as Hozon Tōsōgu.
March 18, 1993
[Foundation] Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, NBTHK (日本美術刀劍保存協會)
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