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Comes with kimono or cotton bag. Comes with Authenticy certificate from Supein Nihonto. It comes with prefecture papers copy.
Beautiful signed Rai Kunimitsu tanto of incredible quality in a beautiful aikuchi koshirae with gold lined habbaki and sepas, fuchi kashira and shibuichi pieces with gold inlay and maroon lacquered saya with kozuka and kogai. Excellent koshirae for a high quality nihonto. Even without being a connoisseur you can see the tremendous quality of this sword with almost no flaws and a beautiful suguha hamon and sober and elegant jihada pattern. A work of art for true collectors who want to own a piece from one of the most important forgers in Japan where his pieces reach exhorbitant sums.
Rai Kunimitsu(来国光) is conventionally understood to have been the son or student of Rai Kunitoshi (来国俊). He worked from the end of the Kamakura era into the Nanbokucho era. The earliest signed work by him has a date of Karayku 1 (1326) and the last known dated example has a nengo of Kanô 2 (1351).
Rai Kunimitsu’s (来国光) workmanship is quite diversified. He produced the typically classical suguha as well as suguha mixed with ko-gunome and ko-chôji, notare mixed with gunome, gunome-midare, and others. Rai Kunimitsu (来国光) made tachi and tantô in a variety of shapes thus making him by far the most talented among the Rai (来)smiths in terms of broadness of repertoire and applicability.
The style and characteristics of the works of Rai Kunimitsu (来国光) changed over his lifetime. In fact, the changes toward the end of his career have caused some scholars to postulate that there might have been two generations of smiths by this name. This theory will require much more study in the future as there is no strong evidence to date to support it. That aside, there can be no argument that he worked in a variety of styles and produced swords with varying characteristics over his lifetime.
The blade is in old japanese polish remaining in good condition, the jihada of the steel is detailed and full of details to appreciate. A masterpiece Worthly a museum and a great addition to any private collection.
An Authentic nihonto japanese sword, difficult to find in Europe, without the consequent costs of importing from Japan or from Japanese sellers, which can increase the price of the sword by up to 30% and a months waiting for shipment and custom paperwork. A truly real nihonto to delight both new and experienced collectors.
All our swords are originals, imported from japan and Europe from the best dealers and collectors during many years of collection and passion.
Koshirae Full length: 55 cm
Blade length: 32,6 cm
Sori: 0,4 cm
