Katana daimyo Toyotomi kind of the XVI century

1. This katana made around 1558-1570, GG, has a strong wavy jamon (pattern on the blade) Kung midare with a characteristic line.



2. Sori (curvatures) of the blade is 2, 1 cm. The length of the katana (always measured along the length of the cutting edge): 67, 3 cm. Place of manufacture: Saku.





3. It belongs to the category to something - "old swords" (made up of the XVII century. And are considered the best in Japan). Beautiful Blade - dzihada (Jap. 'Body of the sword ") is of very high quality, with a dense surface structure Itam (Jap." Grain ") with nagare masame (Jap." Creeping Steel »).



4. Kanezumi Katana has a characteristic line of jamon Kung midare (irregular wave pattern), which is described in the Japanese tradition, as a combination of mountain tops and labels arrows or pigeons tailings, known as yyahazu-ba.





5. Wavy jamon on Japanese swords really reminds low Japanese mountains.



6. The last time this katana has been polished at the end of the twentieth century. polisher respected field of Kamakura in Tokyo.



7. Katana cloaked in a unique and beautiful utsugatana Tendzo kosirae, named Tendzo period (1573-1592 years), in which it was first created for a new sword. Kosirae - all the other elements of traditional Japanese swords and knives (except the blade) - handle parts guard, scabbard, made in a single decoration.



8. During the Edo period (1603-1867 years) Details kosirae this katana, like all other old Katan, were replaced by new ones - in the case represented a katana, while maintaining an elegant, dark and elegant original style and many of the elements decor.





9. Utsugatana - is a compound word of: utsu - "blow" and Gata (or katana) - "the sword." At utsugatana translates as "sword suits against the enemy." Utsugatana is an evolutionary step in the development of Japanese swords, originating in the Muromachi period (at the turn of the XV-XVI centuries), when samurai swords begin to wear the cutting edge upwards. Such way of wearing swords are opposites existed since the X century. the traditional way of using a sword, cutting edge down.
A new way of wearing swords, cutting edge up, let snatch samurai sword from sai (sheath) and applied Secant, lightning strike at the enemy in one very quick and honed over the years of training movement. Especially this technique was effective during melee.
Although, it should be noted that the samurai on horseback still continued to use the old way of wearing long swords Tachi - cutting edge down.
Samurai on a black horse, snatching thieves. The artist Utagawa Yositora. Edo Period. Samurai holds tachi (long sword riders) cutting edge down.



10. Tuca (Jap. "Handle") is formed in the form of subtle hourglass and covered with black, lacquered, traditional saekava - stingray skin.





11. On top of the handle is wrapped in tsuka-ito - black leather sheath, which is much rarer than silk.



12. Copper Khabakov (coupling, fastened at the base of the blade to secure the guard) is covered tsakudo (Japanese high quality alloy comprising about 96% copper and 4% gold).



13. On metal tsube (guard) engraved bamboo stems, which the Japanese regarded as a symbol of health and longevity.





14. Fuchi (collar between tsuboy and grip) adorned with Kamon (generic logo) with a flower paulownia kind Toyotomi, founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 / 1537-1598 years) - daimyo (Jap. "Great name"), the largest a feudal lord, a prominent military leader and politician Sengoku period. He was one of the three great combiners Japan, following along with Tokugawa Ieyasu Oda Nobunaga for.



15. This logo is one of two imperial symbol of Japan. It consists of three leaves of a flower paulownia, in which the top three are blossoming stem.
During the time of the rise of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he included in his kamon this imperial symbol. In the samurai of noble birth was taken to decorate their weapons, or rather, the elements kosirae, the family emblem. This katana belongs to the genus Toyotomi since the 80s of the XVI century.
Accurate information about the fact that this belonged to Katana Toyotomi Hideyoshi, no, but given the time it was made, the name of the illustrious master Kanezumi and very high cost, we can assume that if it did not belong to Hideyoshi, the owner of the katana was an important kind of samurai Toyotomi - contemporary and associate of the great unifier of Japan.
Author fimusito.

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