武士刀 - 玉劍 - 日本武士 NBTHK hozon 證書“宇田學校” - 日本 - 室町時代（1333-1573）

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ITEM DESCRIPTION:

Comes with kimono or cotton bag. Comes with certificate of supein Nihonto.

Amazing Long Katana blade attributed to Uda School in koshirae and shirasaya from early to mid muromachi. Beautiful and vivid hamon and nice Jihada (skin of the blade). Very rare and desirable find a blade with this cuality polish in such almost perfect condition. The koshirae is in very good condition too there are repaired and newest parts so its in great condition. And amazing piece of art. Normal signs of use and battle as normal for such kind of item. A great museum piece to any collector. Special and rare sword full of history to tell.

The founder of the Uda School (宇多) is considered to have been Kunimitsu (国光). He was originally from the Uda (宇多) district of Yamato Province. He worked around the Bunpo Era or 1317 at the end of the Kamakura Era. All of the succeeding smiths of this school used the kanji character “Kuni” (国) in their signatures. At some point he moved to Etchu Province so even though the Uda (宇多) School had its foundation in the Yamato tradition, it is considered to be one of the wakimono schools from this region together with such schools as he Fujishima (藤嶋) and Chiyozuru (千代鶴). Together these three schools are often referred to as the kita kuni mono (北国物).

Since remaining works by Kunimitsu (国光) are non-existent, his students, Kunifusa (国房) and Kunimune (国宗), are generally thought to be the true founders of this school. Both of these smiths studied under Norishige (則重) of the Etchu Province and they were active around the Koan Era (1361). The works of these early Uda (宇多) smiths followed the style of the Yamato Den particularly in the areas of sugata and hamon.

The Uda (宇多) smiths who were active prior to the Oei Era (1394) were few, while those active after that era were more numerous. Generally the quality of the workmanship of the Uda (宇多) smiths of the Muromachi Era is inferior to that of Kunimitsu (国光) and Shodai Kunimune (国宗). While the jitetsu of the early Uda (宇多) smiths is refined, well folded and beautiful, the works of the later Uda (宇多) smiths tends to be more likely to have signs of a few impurities. The nie is a bit coarse and the hikari is particularly strong. The nie grains tend to be separated and to twinkle like stars. This is an important kantei point when looking at Uda (宇多) blades. Also, there are places in the yakiba where the nie is vigorous and places where there is only nioi
The blade is in old japanese polish remaining in good condition, the jihada of the steel is detailed and full of details to appreciate. A masterpiece Worthly a museum and a great addition to any private collection.

Blade is in very good condition due to aging. Not hagire and not fatal damage, of course. This is a japanese weapon so have a real historical value. This is a weapon with centuries, not machine crafted so can be minor movements of saya, tsuka, tsuba, etc. Because of dilatation, humidity, etc. and little damages propers of his age like small rust, scratches, etc.. Sold as is.

An Authentic nihonto japanese sword, difficult to find in Europe, without the consequent costs of importing from Japan or from Japanese sellers, which can increase the price of the sword by up to 30% and a months waiting for shipment and custom paperwork. A truly real nihonto to delight both new and experienced collectors.

All my swords are originals, imported from japan and Europe during many years of collection.

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Size: Koshirae Full length: 104,5 cm
Blade length: 64,5 cm
Sori: 1 cm