KINZOGAN MEI: KANEMOTO, 19TH CENTURY
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A SEKI SCHOOL KATANA
Kinzogan mei: Kanemoto, 19th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, slight torii-zori, forging pattern nashiji, tempered edge choji-midare of nioi, maru-boshi, tang o-suriage with three holes, 61cm.; encased in ribbed black lacquer scabbard, kojiri, fuchi-kashira en suite of shibuichi Omori style waves, shakudo menuki of millet and leaves, (kurikata and koiguchi missing), 19th Century
Kinzogan mei: Kanemoto, 19th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, slight torii-zori, forging pattern nashiji, tempered edge choji-midare of nioi, maru-boshi, tang o-suriage with three holes, 61cm.; encased in ribbed black lacquer scabbard, kojiri, fuchi-kashira en suite of shibuichi Omori style waves, shakudo menuki of millet and leaves, (kurikata and koiguchi missing), 19th Century
Literature
Illustrated in Yamato, Fudo Was Musashi murdered? (New York: Zensho Communications, 1985), plate 56.