Heianjo-Nagayoshi(平安城長吉) | Katanahanbai.com

A leading swordsmith of Yamashiro Province during the Muromachi period

Tanto
Signed:Heianjō Nagayoshi saku
短刀平安城長吉作

Item NO.	NO.K00266	Price	1,350,000JPY (Shipping not included.)
Paper	NBTHK Hozon Paper (公財)日本美術刀剣保存協会保存刀剣鑑定書
Country	Yamashiro Province
Period	Circa the Meiō era of the Muromachi period (1492–1501)
Blade Length	16.7cm
Curve(Sori)	Uchizori (slight inward curvature)
Bottom Width (Motohaba)	1.7cm
Bottom Thickness (Motokasane)	0.5cm
Keijo	Hira-zukuri with an iori-mune; small in size, with a somewhat narrow mihaba and uchizori.
Kitae	Itame hada mixed with mokume, with ji-nie.
Hamon	The hamon is primarily hoso-suguha, mixed with ko-notare and nijuba in places.
Boushi	The bōshi is sugu with a ko-maru turnback.
Hori	The omote bears a bonji, while the ura features a suken carved through to the end of the nakago.
Nakago	The nakago is ubu, with a ha-agari kurijiri tip, kiri yasurime, and one mekugi-ana.
Accessories	ermilion-lacquered saya,Solid gold niju habaki
Details	Heianjō Nagayoshi, together with Sanjō Yoshinori, was one of the leading swordsmiths of Yamashiro Province during the Muromachi period. His workmanship was remarkably diverse, encompassing works closely resembling those of Muramasa of Ise—with whom he is believed to have had close ties—as well as pieces displaying Sue-Seki characteristics and others inspired by the hitatsura style of the Hasebe school, his predecessors in Yamashiro. His surviving works include katana, tantō, and yari, and he was also highly skilled in blade carving. Although small in size, this tantō has a finely executed hoso-suguha hamon and an elegant sugata. It is further distinguished by superb horimono: a bonji on the omote and a suken on the ura. It is a fine and highly characteristic example of Nagayoshi’s workmanship.
Notes	Solid gold habaki, weighing 10 g
Accessories	ermilion-lacquered saya,Solid gold niju habaki