Shinto Wakizashi  datado en el siglo XVII

Wakizashi sin firma, en la colección inglesa de la que proviene estaba atribuida la pieza a la escuela Yamashiro en el siglo XVII, principios del periodo Edo, con su hamon (línea de templado) característico, en todo caso una hoja de extraordinaria calidad, muy antigua y en muy buen estado. El estado de conservación es excelente sin ninguna falta apreciable.
Koshirae antiguo, seguramente del XIX pero con menukis, fuchi/kashira y tsuba que parecen de la época de la hoja, es decir del siglo XVII, desde luego en periodo Edo, con fuchi-kashira (partes equivalentes al pomo y virola de los sables occidentales) y tsuba zougan con oro.
JIHADA : MASAME.
HAMON : CHOJI-MIDARE.
Línea de corte : 44.5cm.

Sobre escuelas de forjadores japoneses de los periodos entre los siglos XVI-XVII:
En el periodo Muromachi y continuando hasta los Azuchimomoyama y Edo temprano varias escuelas realizaron en Japón sables y armas blancas según unas técnicas bastante generales pero con unas características muy definidas para cada una de ellas, que tomaron nombre del lugar y de la provincia donde realizaban sus trabajos, algunas de las más destacadas por la calidad de sus piezas fueron:
- Escuela Soshu en Kamakura.
- Escuela Bizen (en la actual prefectura de Okayama).
- Escuela Yamashiro en Kyoto.
- Escuela Yamato (cerca de Nara).
- Escuela Mino (en la prefectura de Gifu).

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Shinto Wakizashi  of XVIIth century.

WAKIZASHI in the very good condition. It was made with the characteristic of HAMON of this sword at the school of YAMASHIRO around 1600 in Shinto (new sword).
KOSHIRAE of this WAKIZASHI is old but is keeping a good condition.
FUCHI and FUCHI-KASHIRA are the artwork which is wonderful, being ZOUGAN with gold and copper.

JIHADA : MASAME.
HAMON : CHOJI-MIDARE.
Cutting edge : 44.5 cm.

Muromachi - period (1337  1573) and next period around XVIth and XVIIth centurys:
At the beginning of this period the many different methods of sword production in Japan were grown together to the Gokaden, the so-called five traditions or schools. These schools were designated after the respective  province, in which they were resident:
- the school of Soshu in Kamakura;
- the school of Bizen (in today's prefecture Okayama);
- the school of Yamashiro in Kyoto;
- the School of Yamato close to Nara;
- the school of Mino (in the Prefecture Gifu).

During the Muromachi-period but also in the following centuries, most Japanese swords were assigned to one of these schools.
The chaos and the constant wars between rivalling feudal lords led to a large demand for weapons. It finally came to a mass production and thereby connected with strong deductions of the quality of the made swords. In addition the violence and frequency of the fights led to the development of the "uchigatana", a secondary blade, approx. 60 cm long, and carried with the cutting edge upward so that the pulling movement could directly turn into the sword stroke. These swords were particularly suitably for the fight in houses, where the tachi was in the way.
 
 The new sword period (Shinto = new sword):

An important development, which took place approximately at the beginning of the Momoyama - period (1574 -1602), was the development of the uchigatana to a pair of swords, which could be carried at the belt. The longer one of the two swords was called "katana", it was between 60 - 76 cm long. The accompanying sword, the "wakizashi", was approximately 45 cm long.
Carrying these two swords became custom with the Samurai for long time and was indication of their rank. The broad hardness line at these blade let them appear more remarkable compared with the older tachi, also the steel seemed brighter and shinier. It could not be determinated any more from which of the five schools they originated, and therefore these swords became sometimes designated as blade from the sixth school, the Shinto - school.
Toward the end of the XVIth Century the field lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi united the country and made finally an end with the blood pouring. In 1588 he issued a law, in which the farmers of the whole country the possession of swords was forbidden. Now that the sword possession was strictly limited and the country was in peacetime, the sword should become more insignificant as weapon and serve more than decoration and status symbol. 

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