A Tokubetsu Hozon–Certified Katana by Minamoto Moriyoshi Inspired by Minamoto Kiyomaro

This Is a Sword That Chooses Its Owner

This is not a sword you simply pick.

It is a sword that chooses the one worthy of it.

⚔ Mukansa Swordsmith: Minamoto Moriyoshi

The maker is Minamoto Moriyoshi, a Mukansa swordsmith—

a title reserved for craftsmen whose skill is considered beyond formal competition or ranking.

This blade takes on one of the most dangerous and difficult challenges in the history of Japanese swords:

A direct and uncompromising attempt at a Masahide Kiyomaro utsushi

(a faithful interpretation of the legendary Kiyomaro style).

🐉 Minamoto Kiyomaro — The Untouchable Genius

Minamoto Kiyomaro was an eccentric genius who appeared at the very end of the Edo period.

His swords are known for:

• abnormally wide blades
  
  

• unusually thick construction
  
  

• violent internal activity in the steel
  
  

• raging nie and sunagashi swirling within the edge
  
  

No one could truly imitate him.

No one ever fully reached his level.

That is who Kiyomaro was.

⚠ Why a Kiyomaro Utsushi Is So Dangerous

A Kiyomaro utsushi is not something that succeeds by merely “looking similar.”

• Copy only the shape, and the sword collapses structurally
  
  

• Make the hamon too wild, and it becomes vulgar
  
  

• Push power too far, and the blade loses life
  
  

Simply attempting it exposes the true level of the swordsmith.

That is the terror—and the test—of a Kiyomaro utsushi.

📏 Presence Without Crudeness

• Blade length: 74.6 cm

The blade is wide.

The thickness is substantial.

The kissaki stretches boldly forward.

And yet—

this sword does not intimidate through mass alone.

The moment you hold it, what you feel is:

Controlled violence.

Not Kiyomaro’s madness reproduced as-is,

but tension refined and held together by Moriyoshi’s own mastery—

violence disciplined into a blade that truly functions.

🔥 Steel & Hamon — Alive, Not Overdone

The jihada is bright and clear.

The nie is thick and powerful.

Layers of sunagashi overlap, collide, and flow endlessly within the blade.

It is not overly polished into neatness.

Yet it is never chaotic or broken.

This balance—

neither over-controlled nor uncontrolled—

is the exact boundary that separates a successful utsushi from a failure.

🏅 Provenance & Completeness

• Tokubetsu Hozon Token (Especially Preserved Sword)
  
  

• Dated blade
  
  

• Complete koshirae (mountings included)
  
  

Using the “monster” that is Kiyomaro as his subject,

this Mukansa swordsmith did not evade the challenge—

he confronted it, and brought it to completion.

The Conditions Are All Met

Everything is in place.

What remains is only one question:

Do you have the resolve to own this sword?

⚔ A Sword That Will Not Wait

True Kiyomaro utsushi are rare.

Those that genuinely succeed are even rarer.

And this piece is absolutely one of a kind.

The moment you hesitate,

this sword will leave your hands.

Only those who can decide

are allowed to choose.