The Komorebi Kanemitsu, also known as “sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees”, is a wakizashi created by Kanemitsu in 1509.
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The Komorebi Kanemitsu
The Komorebi Kenemitsu, sheath, handle, and blade
Name | Komorebi Kanemitsu |
Nickname | “sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees” |
Creator | Kanemitsu, 1509 |
Type | Wakizashi, 50.2 cm |
Dimensions Length Curvature | 50.2 cm 1.3 cm |
Hamon | Suguha (straight) |
Jihada | Itame (wood grain pattern) and Masame (straight grain pattern) |
Boshi: Front | Sugu (straight) Yakitsumeru (No turn back) |
Boshi: Back | Sugu (straight) Komaru (small round) |
Yasurime (file marks): | Katte-Sagari (Right-handed, upward-slanting) |
Nickname: “sunlight that filters through the leaves of trees”
Object Type: Wakizashi, 50.2 cm
Manufacturer/Creator: Kanemitsu, 1509
Appearance: XXXX
General Information: The subject maker Kanemitsu (兼光) is given rough age from Bunmei to Eisho era (1469-1520), real name Seijiro 清次郎 a Buddhist name Ryokei 良敬, had moved from Seki to Tsushima town in Owari in his later age.
Length: 50.2cm
Curvature: 1.3cm
Hamon: Suguha (straight)
Jihada: Itame (wood grain pattern) and Masame (straight grain pattern)
Boshi: Front: Sugu (straight) Yakitsumeru (No turn back) | Back: Sugu (straight) Komaru (small round)Yasurime (file marks): Katte-Sagari (Right-handed, upward-slanting)