This especially beautiful blade comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon of NBTHK Tokyo. The blacksmith is the well known Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke sho dai( first generation). He was the founder of the Osaka Shinto school, after finishing his study of the art of forging a blade in Kyoto. His teacher was Horikawa Kunihiro. Kunisuke died […]
For the enthusiast of a nice blade with bo-hi and big, clear hamon this is an outstanding work of Osaka Shinto. Terumasa lived and worked at first in Osaka before he moved to Kyoto. This blade was made around 1684. It is in a perfect condition and seems to be very strong. Also the mounts […]
This Katana made by Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke is an extrordinary beautiful, long perfect Katana. Please see Katana no 3025 as well, because it is the same smith. On the saya Tanobe sensei ( former Präsident of the NBTHK ) wrote a sayagaki: 摂刕河内守国助Sesshû Kobayashi Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke 生茎五字銘有之中河内ト呼称サル二代国助也ubu-nakago goji-mei ari kore, Naka-Kawachi to […]