* Image is for illustrative purposes only.Tachi Signed Sanemori
太刀 銘 真守
Also known as: Sanemori
Description
Overview
This is a Kamakura-period tachi signed "Sanemori", designated an Important Cultural Property on 14 November 1953. Its owner is Breast Sieve Co., Ltd.
Maker
Sanemori is recorded as a smith of Hatakeda in Bizen, in the lineage of Morie.
Form and Workmanship
The blade is shinogi-zukuri with an iori-mune (gabled back) and a medium-length point (chu-kissaki), and has koshi-zori. It has been shortened by suriage, the cutting down of the tang, yet the workmanship is described as excellent and sound. The blade length is 66.7 cm and the curvature is 2.1 cm. The steel is forged in a small itame grain, and the hamon is a small choji pattern mixed with small notare.
Mounting
The attached uchigatana mounting dates to the early Edo period and has a complete set of Goto-school fittings.
Designation and Ownership
It was designated an Important Cultural Property on 14 November 1953. Its owner is Breast Sieve Co., Ltd.
Legends & Stories
A suriage Kamakura-period tachi attributed to Sanemori, a Hatakeda Bizen smith of the Morie line, designated an Important Cultural Property.
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