KANENAKA (兼中), Tenna (天和, 1681-1684), Echizen – “Musashi no Kami Fujiwara Kanenaka – Echizen-jū” (武蔵守藤原兼中・越前住), “Kanenaka” (兼中), “Yamamoto Musashi no Kami Fujiwara Kanenaka” (山本武蔵守 藤原兼中), he signed his name also with the characters (兼仲), he lived in Ichijō (一乗) in Echizen province but moved later to Edo, his workmanship is similar to that of Harima no Daijō Shigetaka (播磨大掾 重高), gunome-midare, wazamono, chūjō-saku
KANENAKA 兼中 - 48404
WAKIZASHI MEI
Ura: Omote:
越前住 武蔵守藤原兼中
Echizen ju Musashi No Kami
Fujiwara Kanenaka
HERITAGE
Swordsmith: Kanenaka
Title: Musashi No Kami
School: Mino Seki
Region: Echizen
Lived in: Ichijo
Moved later to: Musashi
DATES
Production date: 1681-1684 (天和 Tenna)
Sword Period: Shinto (1596–1781)
Art Period: Edo (1603–1867)
Political Period: Sakoku (1633–1853)
Shogunate: Tokugawa (1603–1867)
Shogun: Tsunayoshi (1680–1709)
MEASUREMENTS
Nagasa: 52,6cm
Sori: 0,7cm
CLASSIFICATIONS
Weapon Type: Sword
Construction Type: Shinogi Zukuri
Sharpness Class: Wazamono
Quality Class Chujo-saku
Hamon: Gunome
Kitae: Itame
Kissaki: Chu-kissaki
Nakago: Ubu
Yasurime: Katte Sagari ミ
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Authentication Papers: Yes, JHTTK
Shirasaya: Yes
Koshirae: Yes
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