Tokugawa Art

Blade construction : Shinogi zukuri Iori-mune, Mihaba is wide and amble thickness/rich in hiraniku. There is an upper pointed ordinal curve leading to a large tip. The entire blade have a dignified bearing massively.
Forging (Hada) : Hada is fine itame-hada which is well kneaded and mixing in with flawing masame-hada on both temper area and shinogi-ji surface. There is thick ji-nie, sparkling hardened granules over the surface that generates thick nie lines so called Chikei activity. The entire forging and steel is clear, vivid and strong impressively.
Temper line (Hamon) : Hamon is nie-based, starts with shallow wavy, and then mixing in with small and large box-shape gunome, splashed temper marks (tobiyaki/shima) and outstanding thick nie lines like a close resembles to a river stream so called SUDARE-HA.
Tang (Nakago) : Nakago is UBU, unaltered. horizontal file marks, there is mass on the back ridge, The kengyo (V-shape) heel. One peg hole. There is large and proudly chiselled eight character that starts with a living place [Chiku-shu-ju], and the assuming a name of [Minamoto], then smith name [Nobu-kuni Shige-Kane].
Temper of tip (Boshi) : Temper of tip in front is that large gunome which is tighen in the middle and then shallow wavy with a large gunome with brushing up at the summit deeply turn back. The reversed side is a large Gunome underneath yokote ridge and shallow wavy with a large gunome, hakikake bruising up with deeply tunes back..
The 12th generation NOBOKUNI YOSHISADA had come to Chikuzen-province from Buzen along with KRODA NAGAMASA in the 7th year of Keicho (1602) and established CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI family. He was very famous for an expert to make FUKURO-YARI spears. This is an elaborate work of NOBUKUNI SHIGEKANE who is a son of YOSHIKANE. In the 6th year of KYOHO the Yoshimune Shogun invited SHIGEKANE to the SHIBAHAMA palace in Edo province to make katana and had been given glorious winner award with smith MASAKIYO, YASUYO and SHIGEKUNI.. He was allowed to chisel an ICHIYO-AOI crest underneath HABAKI collar and changed his name to MASAKANE. Among those works of CHIKUSHU NOBUKUNI families, ones of SHIGEKANEs' are quite rare. Most of his works is signed [CHIKUZEN-JU MINAMOTO NOBUKUNI SHIGEKANE]. Entire construction of this wakizashi is that warps deeply and heroically heavy even the thickness of Nakago does. There is rich and massive in Hiraniku and Jigane is strikingly vivid and clearly covered in thick Ji-nie. Hamon lively skips around with active nie activity such as sunagashi and kinsen that creates SUDARE-HA like a river streams. Boshi waves and hakikake with deeply turn back. Nakago is unaltered and mint condition with nice patina with one original peg hole. Gold layer habaki collar and set in Shirasaya mounting. The similar works of SHIGEKANE is quite rare and seldom seen and this wakizashi has an impression of great dignity.
Passed away, in the day of 10th, 12th month, the 13th year of KYOUHO(1728), was 56 years old.