| Kamakura Zai-mei
"Ichi" Tachi
with NBTHK Green Tokubetsu Kicho from 1963  |
Please note:
Internet pictures are degraded and out-of-focus. Daibo Choji cuts over the Shinogi-ridge and joins with Muneyaki
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| Kamakura Zai-mei
"Ichi" Tachi
with NBTHK Green Tokubetsu Kicho from 1963 |
Please note:
Internet pictures are degraded and out-of-focus. Daibo Choji cuts over the Shinogi-ridge and joins with Muneyaki
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| The Kissaki is filled with
O-Busa and Juka Choji. Ichimae turnback. The Gunome-Choji Midare Ba Hamon
is undualting, rising high and low throughout, the mark of early/mid Kamakura
- between Sho-Kyu 1219 and Ryaku-Nin 1238. Daibo spires rise high in the
Monouchi and even to cross the Shinogi and join with descending Muneyaki!
Zaimei, signed, in the correct
Ko-Ichimonji style, armorer's mark to the Mune: ICHI
The sword is wonderfully strong. Utsuri is not immediately discernible. This Tachi is a likely product of the Ichimonji build-up for the Sho-kyu War 1221, of the 24 Goban Group. |
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