{"id":808,"date":"2012-02-12T12:04:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T17:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=808"},"modified":"2017-07-01T09:15:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T13:15:24","slug":"katana-kaneshige-shinto-period-1655-1663","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?p=808","title":{"rendered":"Katana &#8211; Kaneshige &#8211; Shinto Period &#8211; 1661 &#8211; 1673"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This sword is signed on the nakago, &#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nihontocraft.com\/Kaneshige.html\">Kazusa no Suke Fujiwara Kaneshige <\/a>&#8221; and still retains it&#8217;s original length. It is in old polish but looks fresh, showing the beautiful hamon of notare and gunome midare with Nie-deki, Kinsuji and sunagashi. The blade measures 27.1 inches along the cutting edge with a nice curve ( sori ). Kaneshige swords are considered &#8221; good sharp sword &#8221; as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Wazamono\">Ryo Wazamono.<\/a>\u00a0 Kaneshige worked in the Musashi province and is listed in Hawleys, page 215, KAN2267 and is assigned 15\u00a0points.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=818\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-818\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/?attachment_id=818\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/americanpowderhorns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Kaneshige12.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,681\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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