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NORIMITSU (則光), Eishō (永正, 1504-1521), Kaga “Kashū-jū Norimitsu” (加州住則光), “Norimitsu” (則光), “Norimitsu saku” (則光作), “Fujiwara Norimitsu” (藤原則光), he was a skillful smith who worked in the style of the Sue-Bizen school, but his steel is darker, he hardened mostly a suguha in ko-nie-deki. He belonged to the Kaga Hashizume school.
NORIMITSU 則光 – 1410
WAKIZASHI MEI
Ura: Omote:
無銘 則光
Unsigned Norimitsu
HERITAGE
Swordsmith: Norimitsu
School: Hashizume Kunitsugu
Region: Kaga
DATES
Production date: 1504-1521 (永正 Eisho)
Sword Period: Koto (800–1596)
Art Period: Muromachi (1333–1573)
Political Period: Sengoku (1467–1573)
Imperial ruler: Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
Shogunate: Ashikaga (1336–1573)
Shogun: Yoshizumi (1494–1508)
Yoshitane (1508–1521)
Yoshiharu (1521–1546)
MEASUREMENTS
Nagasa: 53,9cm
Sori: 2,0cm
CLASSIFICATIONS
Weapon Type: Sword
Construction Type: Shinogi Iori
Hamon: Midare
Kitae: Itame
Kissaki: Chu
Nakago: Suriage
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Authentication Papers: Yes, NBTHK
Hozon
Shirasaya: Yes
Koshirae: No, custom order possible
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