Katana – Staal – Japanese Samurai Sword Katana Nakajima Rai Kuninaga NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon – Japan – 14e eeuw

Japanese Samurai Sword Katana Nakajima Rai Kuninaga NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Student of the famous Rai Kunitoshi Nakajima Rai is a student of the Rai Kunitoshi and moved to Settsu Nakajima province. So he was called Nakajima Rai. This sword is very healthy with long kissaki which is typical Nanbokucho period. The sword is extremely beautiful texture and atmosphere. Around 1329, Kuninaga moved to Nakajima in Settsu and became known as Nakajima-Rai, so Nakajima Rai and Rai Kuninaga were one and the same. Now the collective works of Nakajima Rai descendants are referred to as Den Nakajima Rai. Unfortunately Kuninaga left us very few signed examples of his work. Rai Kuninaga’s work appears in the late Kamakura period and extends into the Nanbokuchô period. It has been suggested that there were up to three generations. So far, approximately a dozen signed Rai Kuninaga blades have passed Jûyô shinsa. However, there are around 45 unsigned blades that have been attributed to Rai Kuninaga and an additional 55 attributed to the Nakajima Rai school that have passed Jûyô Tôken. This is a great masterpeace from this famous Rai school. Habaki :silver single habaki. Blade length : 66.6 cm or 26.22 inches. Sori :1.6cm... lees verder bij Catawiki