{"id":1056,"date":"2012-04-12T14:08:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T18:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2015-09-25T08:26:26","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T12:26:26","slug":"katana-kagemitsu-muromachi-era-1415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=1056","title":{"rendered":"Katana – Kagemitsu – Muromachi Era – 1415"},"content":{"rendered":"

This sword was made by Kagemitsu of Bizen Province. It has beautiful mounts ( koshirae ) with silver menuki, fuchi and kashira and a lovely red & black lacquered saya. The blade is in new polish and is signed on both sides of the ubu nakago; Bishu Osafune no Jyu Kagemitsu, Ouei 22 nen 2 gatsubi ( Feb.1415 ). The blade has a groove the full length on both sides and measures 26.9 inches along the cutting edge as well as a 2.3cm Sori. The hamon is a Gunome-choji with koashi, kinsuji and sunagashi. The hamon is bright with soft, deep, Nie and Nioi . The Jigane; strong Itame and mokume hada with utsuri and chikei. The Boshi is Komaru and the Jigane is a strong Itame hada and Mokume hada. There is utsuri and chikei in the Jigane.<\/p>\n

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