TADAMASA

(Hosokawa) Tadamasa

Mei: mumei  Date: Keio(1865)
Nagasa : 25-3/4 "
Sori: 10.0mm
Width at the ha-machi: 28.1mm
Width at the yokote: 18.7mm
Thickness at the mune-machi: 7.9mm
Construction: shinogi-zukuri
Mune: iori
Nakago: ubu
Kitae: mokume
Hamon: suguba
Boshi:  ko-maru
Condition:  absolutely flawless and in excellent polish.

Tokotakan:
P. 362
 

Hawleys:
TAD107

 

An elegant katana by the swordsmith Tadamasa this sword is without flaws. It is Mumei and ubu. The sword has a dense well worked mokume hada. The hamon is a chu-suguba frosted with ko-nie.A very fine sword with a new shirasaya and recently papered.

  

 

DETAILS

 

NTHK PAPERS
This sword has recently received a passing Kanteisho paper at the September Shinsa.  The sword comes with the NTHK preliminary work sheet and a personal guaranty from Nihonto Antiques that these papers will be forwarded to the new owner the moment we receive them.  This should take approximately two months.

The papers attribute this sword to be made by Hosokawa school Tadamasa from the Keio (1865) period.

 

 

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