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#721
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Price
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$8,000.00 |
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| Excellent custom made blade by Norisada. Beautiful blade made by the famous Chikuzen smith Moritsugu Norisada, He is of the lineage of the famous Chikuzen Fukuoka line that was famous from its makers Koretsugu and Moritsugu. Since this is the one of three blades made special for the Daitoa Jinja (shrine) that was chosen (an example of the spare forging is in sloughs book page 137 note the signature is different) this is most likely the best work of the 3 blades made. This blade is really exceptional, you get a very nice choji midare with tons of activity (ashi, kinsuji are seen all throughout the hamon), and the jigane is spectacular. The pictures do the sword no justice as compared with in hand, large amounts of chikei, inazuma and ji nie appear all over the ji. The blade is flawless, in a full Japanese polish which shows all the details very clearly. Also the size of the sword is very strong, long and wide it resembles a top Shinshinto blade! His teacher was the famous Sakurai Manji Masatsugu who was a top smith during the early gendai period. Usually swords made for a special order are of better quality than average for sword makers, but when three blades are made, that means the patron really was very important therefore only the very best was required. Also all three blades are usually of exceptional quality as the patron has to choose from this batch. You just don’t show your client anything that could even be taken as faulty. Well it is rare that you can have a chance at the “best of three” made for such a patron. This blade was obviously well kept by the shrine until it was taken by US occupation forces after the war. It has since been professionally restored with a new shirasaya and silver habaki.
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