Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kinmichi Katana

Kanemichi is the founder of the Mishina school. He called himself the ninth generation of Shizu Kaneuji. The Shizu Kaneuji school moved from Nao to Seki after a big flood around late Nambokucho and early Muromachi.
The workmanship since then has been a combination of Nao Shizu and Seki. Kanemichi was active from mid-Muromachi to early Edo. In February of 1593, Kanemichi moved from Seki in Mino to Seidonin in Kyoto with his four sons. They are Iga (no) Kami Kinmichi, Echigo (no) Kami Kinmichi (also known as Rai Kinmichi), Tanba (no) Kami Yoshimichi and Etchu (no) Kami Masatoshi. This was the beginning of the Mishina school.

Kanemichi's eldest son, Kinmichi, received the title of "Iga (no) Kami" on 2/19/1594 and worked for the emperor. Before the war of Sekigahara, Kinmichi made arrangements to have one thousand tachi made for Tokugawa Ieyasu's war preparation. After Ieyasu won the war, it's only natural he would reward Kinmichi. He received the title of "Nihon Kaji Sosho" from Ieyasu. The title means, "master of Japanese swordsmiths". It also gave Kinmichi the authority to register swordsmiths and give them titles. He died on 12/11/1629, but his family retained this privilege for generations.

This Katana from Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kinmichi is Published in the Tokenbijutsu Magazin No 753 from the Oktober 10th, 2019.
Apprecation of famous Swords.
It was made in the Edo period, Keicho Era around Oktober - November 1596.
It is said that the number of works with the signature of Iga no kami Fujiwara Kinmichi is extremely small, about 3 include this one. But this one is the best he ever made and the condition is perfect.
Most of Nao’s signatures are Iga kami Kinmichi, and there are only about 3 works including this work that are inscribed with Fujiwara.

By the way, this sword is one of the bequests of Tani Senjyo, who defended Kumamoto Castle from the fierce attack of the Satsuma army led by Saigo Takamori as the Kumamoto top rakind head master during the Seinan War, and is also known as a sword lover.

By the way this is a high quallity sword sign by Iga no Kami Fujiwara Kinmichi the first Genaration. The Blade is wide and thick with an O-Kissaki and a fine Ko-Itame Hada with Chikei and Ji-nie and a Top Choji Midare Hamon.
The Katana Koshira ha a fine Ishime Saya and the Fittings are Kaga Goto with a Fan Design. The Tsuba is in the same Design as Fans and made of Iron.

The Shirasaya has a Sayagaki written by Dr. Kanzan from 1968.

The Blade receive the Paper by the 22nd NBTHK Tokubetsu Juyo Token Shinsa.