Wakizashi - Namban Tetsu - Chikugo kami Fujiwara Kanenori with Rare Botan Mon ! NTBHK Hozon in Koshirae en Shirasaya - Japão - 1661-1673

Wakizashi - Namban Tetsu - Chikugo kami Fujiwara Kanenori with Rare Botan Mon ! - NTBHK Hozon Paper - in Koshirae and Shirasaya - Japan - 1661-1673
The Blade is in a very good condition, recently polished, no faults or hagire, see pictures.
Gilded Habaki and Gilded menuki !.
A Shakudo Nanako Fuchi Kashira , a real Samurai piece.
The Koshirae in good condition with a repaired crack on one side.
Mei : 筑後守藤原包則 Botan mon Chikugo kami Fujiwara Kanenori
越前住 Echizen ju
Koshirae : 79 cm.
Sugata : shinogi zukuri, ihori mune, chu kissaki
Nagasa ha : 54,4 cm, 1 shaku 7 sun 9 bu
Sori : 0,4 cm
Moto haba : 2,9 cm
Saki haba : 2,1 cm
Moto kasane : 0,58 cm
Saki kasane : 0,4 cm
Nakago ha : 14,8 cm
Kitae : itame, ji nie
Hamon : nie deki, o gunome midare, sunagashi yō
Bōshi : maru kaeri
Nakago : ubu, kuri jiri saki, sujikai yasurime, 1 mekugi ana

This Wakizashi is made by shōdai Kanenori, mentioned under kan 255 in Hawley. his peronal name is 一左衞門 Ichisaemon.
He lived in 一乗 Ichijo.
Smith of the 越前下坂門 Echizen Shimosaka school.
Just like Yasutsugu he used 南蛮鉄 namban tetsu and mentiond it in his signature.
The style is of the Sue Seki school.
He was active in the 寛文 Kanbun periode, 1661 – 1673.
Hawley gives him a rate of 20 points.
His swords are wazamono


Will be well packed and shipped insured ( Rusland and China excluded).