KATANA JUYO TOKEN

HIZEN NO KUNI MINAMOTO MUNETSUGU SAKU

MEI:  HIZEN NO KUNI MINAMOTO MUNETSUGU SAKU
 

KITAE-KORE-TAMESHI-WARI-TETSU-KABUTO
 

SUGATA:  SHINOGI-ZUKURI
 

NAKAGO:  UBU
 

MEKUGI ANA: 1
 

FULL LENGTH:  93.9cm
 

NAGASA:  72.9cm
 

SORI: 2.2cm
 

HADA:  KO-ITAME

HAMON:  GUNOME-CHOJI & KAKUBARU-HA & TSURI-GOKORO-HA

MIHABA: 3.23cm
 

KASANE: 0.75cm

JUYO TOKEN

HIZEN NO KUNI MINAMOTO MUNETSUGU SAKU

VERY RARE 3rd GENERATION MUNETSUGU

HELMET CUTTING TEST

THERE ARE FEW EXTANT WORKS BY THIS SMITH, MAKING THEM VERY RARE AND HARD TO COME BY.

THE HAMON IS DONE IN A VARIETY OF PATTERNS, DESCRIBED AS GUNOME-CHOJI & KAKUBARU-HA & TSURI-GOKORO-HA

WITHIN THE HAMON ARE FOUND A WEALTH OF ACTIVITY, INCLUDING THICK NIE, ASHI, YO, KINSUJI, SUNAGASHI, TOBIYAKI, MUNEYAKI, ETC.

A CUTTING TEST USING THIS KATANA WAS DONE ON A KABUTO OR WAR HELMET.

THE ACCOMPANYING PAPERWORK  DESCRIBES IT AS A MASTERPIECE.

HOLDING THIS SWORD IN HAND IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION.

$66500 USD

SOLD

NOTE: THIS SWORD IS A CONSIGNMENT PIECE AND WILL REMAIN IN THE OWNERS POSSESSION IN JAPAN UNTIL AFTER THE SALE.

PROCESSING FOR EXPORT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS.

A TWO DAY INSPECTION PERIOD WILL BE OFFERED, WITH A FULL REFUND MINUS SHIPPING / INSURANCE IF NOT AS DESCRIBED.