KANEMITSU
(Gendai-to) Kanemitsu (fss-440)
Mei: No Shu Seki Ju Kanemitsu Saku Date: Showa Ju Ni Nen Hachi Gatsu Ka ( August 1937)
Nagasa : 27-1/2 "
Sori: 18.0 mm
Width at the ha-machi: 33.3 mm
Width at the yokote: 25.4 mm
Thickness at the mune-machi: 6.9 mm
Construction: Shinogi-zukuri
Mune: Iori-mune
Nakago: UbuX
Yasurime: O-sujikai
Kitae: Itame
Hamon: Gunome
Boshi: Midare komi
Condition: Fresh new polishPleas note this is a very wide and stout blade that pictures do not do justice to.
Yamada (Kin)Jiro (Kanemitsu) was a student of Kosaka Kinbei (Fujiwara Kaneyoshi 1838-1914) from the Zenjo school (Seki), along with Ogawa Kanekuni, Watanabe Manjiro (Kanenaga) and Niwa Shinjiro (Kanenobu) around 1907 when Kosaka Kinbei and Ogawa Kanekuni open the �Seki Token Tanren Jo�, they often receive orders to make sword by very important families like the Takatsukasa, Kuroda and the Sannomiya families.They continue working and teaching at the Nihonto Tanren Shidoo Sho open in 1933. In 1934, Niwa Shinjiro (Kanenobu) and Watanabe Manjiro (Kanenaga) join the �Nihon Token Tanren Jo� at the Kasuga Shrine, later change the name to �Nihon Token Tanren Juku�.
Yamada (Kin)Jiro (Kanemitsu) die in 1944
This a very majestic looking Gendai-to
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This sword is on consignment.
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Order number for this item is : fss-440
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