CHISA KATANA SIGNATURE URA / OMOTE ECHIZEN JU HARIMA DAIJO F - Lot 8

CHISA KATANA SIGNATURE URA / OMOTE ECHIZEN JU HARIMA DAIJO FUJIWARA SHIGE TAKA (3rd generation) 1681 O MOTE NANBAN TETSU KUROGANE SAN SHOKU SAKU KORE Classification FUJI SHIRO as CHUJO SAKU for Shige Taka 3 generation blades with WASAMONO Nagasa blade classification: 59.3 cm with shortening at Ha machi of 1.5 cm Shobu zukuri Sori: 0.9 cm lori mune Tempering: Suguha and shoji midare, Nie deki-Nioi guchi Forging pattern: Itame hada Tip: Chû kissaki, maru boshi Nakago: Kurijiri, Kiri yasurimei, ubu ketai Mekugi 1 Habaki: copper with recessed kamon from the Kato Kiyomasa clan Tsuba sukashi in iron with geometric motifs and kata kiriha decoration of clouds and waves Tsuka: black lacquer, brown silk braid Fuchi/Kachira: with figures, a warrior under a pine tree gold/shakudo EDO period Menuki with sode and whip gold/shakudo EDO period Saya black lacquered two-tone sageo This family originally from lida (Shinsu) settled in Seki (Mino) and then in Ichijodani in ECHIZEN as vassals of the ASAKURA clan. SHIGE TAKA worked in the Yasutsugu workshops, and the use of foreign steel and strong resemblances to the work of this school are evident. The title HARIMA DAIJO awarded to the 3rd generation. TAKASUGI SHINSAKU, a famous samurai of the Bakumatsu period, owned a SHIGETAKA blade. Two SHIGE TAKA blades are in the British Museum. Ref : Nihonto Shinto Jiten, Shinto Nihonto meikan