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A YAMASHIRO SCHOOL TACHI IN SHIRASAYA, THE BLADE ATTRIBUTED TO RAI KUNIMITSU, WITH SAGAYAKI AND TOENSHA CERTIFICATE
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2023年12月01日 开拍 / 2023年11月29日 截止委托
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A YAMASHIRO SCHOOL TACHI IN SHIRASAYA, THE BLADE ATTRIBUTED TO RAI KUNIMITSU, WITH SAGAYAKI AND TOENSHA CERTIFICATE

Attributed to Rai Kunimitsu, unsigned
Japan, 14th century, Kamakura period (1185-1333)

The superb blade of shinogi-zukuri with iori mune, chu-kissaki, and torii-sori. The hamon is mostly suguha with slight notare, the boshi is ko-maru, and the hada is itame. Each side with horimono, one with dokko-ken and the other with kurikara, both with bohi and soehi stopping before the horimono. The nakago is mumei, with two mekugi-ana, kuri-jiri, the yasurime is sujikai.

The sayagaki attributes the blade to Rai Kunimitsu, details the horimono, and gives a value for the blade of three-thousand kan, written in October of Showa 12 (1937) by Hon’ami Koson and signed with a kakihan.

With a certificate of authentication issued by the Toensha Authentication Committee, dated 25 August of Showa 49 (1974), with the seal of the committee’s chairman Murakami Kosuke, determining the blade to be Saijo Saku, and noting that it is published in the Showa Meibutsu Cho (Showa List of Celebrated Swords) as ‘Kurikara Kunimitsu’.

NAGASA 79.5 cm, TOTAL LENGTH 108.5 cm

Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age, minor wear, some ware to the bohi on one side and tiny blisters here and there.

The sayagaki and registration document both attribute the blade to Rai Kunimitsu, of Yamashiro province. The blade characteristics are in accordance with this attribution. An outstanding member of the Rai school of swordsmiths, the third of the lines (after those of Awataguchi and Sanjo Munechika) active in Kyoto (Yamashiro province) during the Kamakura period, Kunimitsu is said to have been either son or disciple of Kunitoshi; his extant signed and dated works range from 1327 to 1351. His work shows versatility and mastery of several styles, such as suguha with small ashi or more flamboyant hamon of large midare patterns.

Auction comparison:
Compare a related katana, also attributed to Rai Kunimitsu, dated to the late Kamakura period, 14th century, nagasa 69.4 cm, at Christie’s, Important Swords from the Museum of Japanese Sword Fittings, 10 November 2004, London, lot 62 (sold for 35,850 GBP).

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拍品估价:7,500 - 15,000 欧元 起拍价格:7,500 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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