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Nagasa 68 cm
An Excellent late Kamakura katana attributed to Chikayori
Mounted in Shirasaya. In full polish bright active Hamon, Blade has beautiful Utsuri
CHIKAYORI (親依), Shōwa (正和, 1312-1317), Bizen – “Bizen no Kuni Nitta no Shō-jū Chikayori tsukuru”
(備前国新田荘住親依造), “Bizen no Kuni Nitta mishō-jū Chikayori tsukuru” (備前国新田御庄住親依造), “Bizen no
Kuni Nitta no Shō-jū Uemon no Jō Chikayori tsukuru” (備前国新田庄住右衛門尉親依造), honorary title Uemon no
Jō (右衛門尉), there are date signatures extant from the fifth year of Shōwa (1316) to the third year of Gentoku (元徳,
1331), tachi-sugata of the late Kamakura period with a rather narrow mihaba, the hamon is calm and appears as suguha or
suguha that tends to a slightly undulating notare, hataraki are scarce, only some ko-ashi appear, some interpretations remind
of Kagemitsu (景光), he is listed in some sources with the characters (親頼), jō-saku
