Sakakura Seki 坂倉関 NBTHK Hozon Muromachi Era Katana c.1500-1550

Beautiful Muromachi Era NBTHK Hozon katana circa 1500 to 1550 that I acquired in August 2022. This katana came in shirasaya with koshirae, and full length of tsunagi. This is a lovely addition to my Nihonto collection and is an excellent example of smiths from Sakakura Seki. Very nice suguha hamon with very active nie and nioi running along the length. The overall sugata is very elegant and relatively small in overall length.
Blade length:65.30cm/ 25.70 inches
Curvature: 1.96cm / 0.77 inches
Total length: 98.0cm/ 38.58 inches
Blade Weight: 542.0g
Total Weight: 1129.0g
Age: Muromachi era

[@patrioticyank4940]

Beautiful sword the craftsman ship these guys put into these old katanas time spent making just the blade alone really blew me away a lot of man hours.

[@waywardronin8755]

Thanks for watching! Yes Nihonto craftsmanship is truly amazing functional works of art. The amount of knowledge and skill to forge one of these swords is awe inspiring. That’s why I am truly appreciative to be the caretaker of each of the Nihonto I have in my collection. I feel obliged to honor the sword smiths and all of the subsequent generations of people over the last 500+ years that have cared for the swords before me.

[@patrioticyank4940]

@@waywardronin8755 Absolutely i had a uncle that was a blacksmith not for his actual day to day job but a hobby of his he made a lot of different beautiful knifes in his day no swords though he really appreciated people that admired his work a lot of passion going into he's been gone now since 1996 R.I.P.

[@Katana-Karl]

Just absolutely exquisite!

[@waywardronin8755]

@@Katana-Karl thank you sir! Hope all is well with you and your family!

[@NationChosenByGod]

The swordmaking that we have now is largely from the 18th century or from the Edo period. Anything before that is passed down verbally and not written down, so how ancient swords were made has a missing link.

[@waywardronin8755]

Yes you're correct, that is why Japan is really making efforts to keep the swordmaking tradition going. Most of the existing swordsmiths are the only link between present and past with knowledge that was passed between each generation.