Katana: Signed ‘Musashi no Kami Fujiwara Kanenaka’ / ‘Echizen Ju’ 刀　銘　武蔵守藤原兼中／越前住かたな　めい　むさしのかみふじわらかねなか／えちぜんじゅう

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本作は、越前関の代表刀工兼中の作で、反り浅く、元先幅の差が付く典型的な寛文体配。鍛えは板目が肌立ち、処々黒い肌合いを見せる越前肌。刃文は先の尖る互の目に匂口締まりごころで数条の砂流しがいる。帽子は、乱れ込んで小丸。茎は生ぶ、鑢目は勝手下がり、目釘孔一個、先は入山形、銘は、表に作者銘、裏に国銘を切る。良く練れた肌合いと関伝を彷彿とさせる三本杉の刃文は見事である。

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　The Japanese Council of Art Museums (JCAM) supports the accomplishment of mission of art museums and seeks to assist art museums in fully basing their activities in a social context. The organization holds an annual meeting, memorial forums at annual meetings, lectures, Curatorial Study Meetings, and Study Group activities every year. The information and reports generated by these various activities are then expected to be shared with member museums, the greater art-related world and the general public. 　JCAM was founded in 1952 with the aim of providing a forum for art museums in Japan to think and act together. The organization was registered as a general incorporated association on April 1st, 2020 and includes over 450 members (full members, individual members and supporting members).

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January 9, 2026