Project Info
Project Description
Shikkake Norinaga
Juyo Token
Late Kamakura period
- Nagasa: Katana 65.75 cm ( 25 7/8 “)
- Shinogi- zukuri,Ihore-mune – with extented chu -kissaki
- Jihada : Is a beautiful uniform o-mokume with prominant Ji-nie, Shinogi-ji is masame
- Yakiba: A wide suguba ( straight temper) of nie-deki with ko-ashi and sunagashi, prominent nijuba near the monouchi.
- Boshi : is Midare-komi in thick nie and kaeri
- Nakago: Is O-suriage tachi, four mekugi- ana,
- Kinpun mei: says Shikkake Norinaga : Hon’A ( Hon’ami Koson ) with kao
- Sayagaki is by Tanobe Michihiro , NBTHK Has NBTHK Juyo Token certificate
The Shikkake group was founded by Norihiro during the Kenji era ( 1275- 1278). and in that he left no known swords his son Norinaga is usually taken as the founder. there were five generations with the work of the first being the most numerous. This blade comes with a koshirae.
