Goami Onomichi Moriyuki
This blade is a great example of the Goami school. This school worked from the Nambokucho period up to the Edo period in Bingo Province.
There are very few swords from this school remaining and to find one signed and dated is very precious. They lived in Onomichi in Bingo. Very little is know about this school. It is felt that they were related to the Mihara School and their work style is very similar. It is felt that Masaie and Masahiro were the smiths who trained the Goami smiths like Moriyuki. This sword is very elegant and is perfectly balance in the hand.
This sword is elegantly signed by the maker Goami Moriyuki. The sword has a nagasa of 53.4 cm and a sori of 1.5cm. The construction is very similar to the Mihara School work with a tight and bright itame hada with some mokume mixed in. There are areas of ji nie and chikei and there is utsuri present. The hamon is a nie decki with ko-nie present and is bright and very well done in a gentle midare that looks like a flowing suguha. The kissaki is tempered with a wide hakekake and turns back in a suguha kaen.
The ubu tang has one mekugi ana is dated August Meio 5 or August 1496, just about the time Columbus was busy discovering America.
Overall this blade has much to offer in terms of its quality and condition. This is a very rare sword from a school that produced very good quality work and has very few blades existent, which cannot be understated.
This sword is in full polish and is accompanied by a NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon papers, attesting to the quality of this fine sword and the authenticity of the signature and date.
The blade is mounted with a cat scratch silver habaki in shirasaya.
Price $12,450.00
