説明
「刀姿 sword figure」
鎬造り庵棟、身幅太く重尋常、鳥居反り中鋒。茎は生で切鑢がかかる、茎尻は栗尻。
「彫物 carving」
差表には龍と不動明王、差裏には素剣と不動明王の梵字が彫られる。
「地鉄 jigane」
地鉄は板目肌が良く練られ、地沸付く。
「刃紋 hamon」
刃紋は沸出来の中直刃、刃縁砂流しかかる。釯子は直に入り小丸に返る。
「特徴 detailed」
筑州住宗重、本名は古城重昭、昭和7年生まれ。師は宗勉刀匠の父である宗正光刀匠。宗勉刀匠とは兄弟弟子の関係になります。
良く練れた板目肌に厚く地沸が付いた地鉄に働きの有る中直刃を焼いた素晴らしい刀です。
刀身彫は、大阪の彫の名人岩崎甚左の作品です。差表には龍に坐した不動明王を彫り、差裏には素剣と不動明王の梵字を彫った素晴らしい彫物です。またこの作品は平成3年新作名刀展刀身彫の入賞作です。龍と不動明王の刀身彫は殆ど見たことが無く、凄く貴重です。
ちなみに現在、龍に不動明王を彫ると100万円は下らないです。
Chikushu-ju Muneshige, whose real name is Koshiro Shigeaki, was born in 1932 (Showa 7). He trained under So-Masamitsu, who was the father of swordsmith So-Tsutomu. Muneshige and So-Tsutomu were fellow disciples.
This remarkable sword features a well-forged itame hada (wood grain pattern) with thick ji-nie (crystalline structures) and an active chu-suguha (medium straight temper line), showcasing exceptional craftsmanship.
The carvings on the blade (horimono) were done by the renowned Osaka engraving master Iwasaki Jinza. On the omote (front side), there is a depiction of Fudo Myo-o seated on a dragon, and on the ura (reverse side), there is a carving of a suken (straight sword) along with the Sanskrit character for Fudo Myo-o. These exquisite carvings make this blade truly exceptional.
Moreover, this piece was awarded a prize for its horimono at the 1991 (Heisei 3) New Sword Exhibition. The combination of the dragon and Fudo Myo-o in blade carvings is extremely rare, making this sword extraordinarily valuable.
By the way, carving a dragon with Fudo Myo-o today would cost no less than 1 million yen.
｢拵 Koshirae｣
白鞘は虎斑の高級品。
The shirasaya (plain wooden scabbard) is a high-grade piece with a torafu (tiger-stripe) pattern.
ハバキ(habaki) ：素銅地金着二重
｢刀剣の状態 condition of blade｣
研：差表中頃の鎬地に、小さい白い薄錆が有りますが部分研で取れます。その他は良好です。
On the shinogi-ji (ridge area) near the middle of the omote side, there is a small spot of light white rust, which can be removed with partial polishing. Other than that, the condition is excellent.
傷：欠点に成るような傷は有りません
