Wakizashi "Yamato-no-kami Yoshimichi"
Blade length 48.9cm, thickness at the base 8mm, width 3.2cm
This is a very healthy wakizashi blade made by "Yamato-no-kami Yoshimichi". There are several generations named "Yamato-no-kami Yoshimichi" in Mishina school. And this may be the second generation who mainly worked in Osaka 17th century.
Steel has a small wood grain layer pattern.
Hamon is made of large particles (nie). Its pattern is very active what shows typical style of swords in Osaka in that age.
Polishing is the modern style (hadori style). It is not very excellent, but enough to study its beautiful appearances.
Osaka was one of the biggest city in Japan 17th century. It was a city of big marchants. So, many swords of Osaka are very beautiful as "art sword", while the swords of Edo is more weapon-like. This blade shows the typical style of Osaka sword. Those are beautiful steel, bright hamon particles (nie), and well designed hamon pattern. Mishina school got good population with those beautiful blades in Osaka and Kyoto.
Tang
Signature "Yamato (no) kami Yoshimichi"
It is hard to distinguish 1st generation and 2nd generation with the blade itself. But the chisel work of signature is a hint to think about the generation. They say, 1st has a sharper chisel work, while 2nd does a little wider chisel. So we suppose this is the 2nd.
Habaki is silver foiled. It looks original from the Edo period
Shirasaya and bag
270,000.yen