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MORITAKA 盛高 - 30516
KATANA KIN ZOGAN MEI
Ura: Omote:
盛高 無銘
Moritaka Unsigned
HERITAGE
Swordsmith: Moritaka
Generation: 2nd or 3rd
School: Kongobyoe
Region: Chikuzen
DATES
Production date:
2nd 1375-1379 (永和 Eiwa)
3rd 1394-1428 (應永 Oei)
Sword Period: Koto
Art Period: Muromachi
MEASUREMENTS
Nagasa: 67,1cm
Sori: 1,9cm
CLASSIFICATIONS
Weapon Type: Sword
Construction Type: Shinogi Zukuri
Hamon: Sugu
Kitae: Itame
Kissaki: Chu-kissaki
Nakago: Ubu
Yasurime: Katte Sagari ミ
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Authentication Papers: Yes, NBTHK
Reference: Blade is mentioned in
Swordsmiths of the
Kongobyoe School
Shirasaya: Yes
Koshirae: No, custom order possible
MORITAKA (盛高), 3rd gen., Ōei (応永, 1394-1428), Chikuzen – “Minamoto Moritaka” (源盛高), “Chikushū Dazaifu-jū Hyōe Minamoto Moritaka” (筑州太宰府住兵衛源盛高), “Kongōbyōe no Jō Moritaka” (金剛兵衛丞源盛高), there exists a date signature of the eighth year of Ōei (1401), the above mentioned second signature is an important reference for the production site of the Moritaka line what was Dazaifu (太宰府), a Moritaka blade from the Ōei era has a slender sugata, a bright and clear jiba, an itame mixed with nagare and a suguha with broad nioiguchi in ko-nie-deki and plenty of sunagashi
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