A real daisho (dai and sho papered together)
Dai signed 伊勢国桑名住三品廣道作 Ise (no) Kuni Kuwana jū Mishina Hiromichi saku
Shō signed 伊勢国住三品廣道作 Ise (no) Kuni jū Mishina Hiromichi saku
Both are dated 元治元年八月吉日 Genji gannen hachigatsu kichijitsu (a lucky day in August of 1864)
shinogi-zuruki, low iori-mune
Sori, kasane and mihaba are moderate, strong hira-niku, chū-kissaki, fine ko-itame-hada, the shinogi-ji shows masame
hamon is ko-nie-deki gunome-midare with a bright nioiguchi; ashi, sunagashi, and kinsen; Profuse ji-nie, forming jubashiri towards the shinogi, typical Mishina-bōshi and –yakidashi
Polished by Ikeda Nagamasa
Dimensions Dai:
Nagasa: 71.5 cm
Nakago: 21.0 cm
Sori: 1.6 cm
Motohaba: 3.2 cm
Motokasane: 0.8 cm
Sakihaba: 2.3 cm
Sakikasane: 0.6 cm
Dimensions Shō:
Nagasa: 35.0 cm
Nakago: 12.5 cm
Sori: 0.5 cm
Motohaba: 3.0 cm
Motokasane: 0.73 cm
Sakihaba: 2.28 cm
Sakikasane: 0.56 cm
Price: €18750 / $20700 / ¥ 3000000
This is a very special and extremely rare item. A real daisho: both blades are made and signed by the same smith. Also, both are dated to the same day. Further, the style of the the blades, deki and hamon, are also equal.
Both swords are papered on the same Tokubetsu Hozon certificate by the NBTHK. You will not come across this very often, neither in or outside of Japan.
Both blades come in shirasaya and each blade is accompanied by a beautiful oshigata.
For the wakizashi a koshirae from the edo period exists, however, the one for the katana is missing.
