A Dotanuki school shin-shinto katana (long sword) and Denshu Zashi koshira-e (mounting)


By Fujiwara Ujisada, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1830The blade of shinogi-zukuri form with midari komi boshi, the hamon of saka-choji of nioi and nie with hataraki including ko-ashi, the hada of itame with swirls of mokume on the lower part of the blade, the ubu nakago with kiri-yasuri and one mekugi-ana, signed Higo no ju Fujiwara no Ujisada (Fujiwara no Ujisada, resident of Higo), dated Bunsei ju ni ten hachigatsu (August 1829), in shirazaya; the koshira-e, the saya of aogai makigai (sprinkled abalone shell), the iron mokko tsuba inlaid around the raised rim with gilt kiku-mon; the fuchi of shakudo with gilt kiku-mon, the shakudo and gilt menuki each of a fishermen in a boat; with a silk bag and a brocade bag. The blade: 67.5cm (26 5/8in) long; the koshira-e: 93.7cm (36 7/8in) long. (6).
|Accompanied by two NBTHK certificates for the blade, one Tokubetsu Kicho, dated Showa 46 (1971), and one Hozon, dated Heisei 28 (2016).