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THREE KATANA BLADES AND A YARI
The katana blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, gunome togare hamon of nioi, midare komi boshi, suriage nakago, mei: Kanemoto, Mino Province 16th century, 267/8in. (68.3cm), in a gunto mounting; a leaf shaped yari blade with no visible hamon, the blade with a single groove and engraved with an aoi mon, mei: Yasatsugu, 17th century, 5in. (12.8cm), in shirasaya; a katana blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, suguha hamon of nie, chu-maru boshi, o-suriage nakago, mei: illegible kinpun mei, 241/8in. (61.3cm), 16th century, in a wartime naval mounting; and a gendai blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, ko-itamehada, midare hamon of nie, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Koa Isshin Mantetsu saku and dated Showa, 263/8in. (67.1cm), 20th century, in shirasaya (5)
The katana blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, gunome togare hamon of nioi, midare komi boshi, suriage nakago, mei: Kanemoto, Mino Province 16th century, 267/8in. (68.3cm), in a gunto mounting; a leaf shaped yari blade with no visible hamon, the blade with a single groove and engraved with an aoi mon, mei: Yasatsugu, 17th century, 5in. (12.8cm), in shirasaya; a katana blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, suguha hamon of nie, chu-maru boshi, o-suriage nakago, mei: illegible kinpun mei, 241/8in. (61.3cm), 16th century, in a wartime naval mounting; and a gendai blade, honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, ko-itamehada, midare hamon of nie, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, mei: Koa Isshin Mantetsu saku and dated Showa, 263/8in. (67.1cm), 20th century, in shirasaya (5)
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Please note that the blade illustrated in the catalogue on page 54 is not described in the cataloguing entry of lot 72. The description of the blade is:
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, o-midare hamon of nioi with tobiyaki and muneyaki, boshi ko-maru almost ichimai, ubu nakago, mei: Choshu ju Fujiwara Nobutaro, 27¼in. (69.6cm), early 17th century; in shirasaya
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, toriizori with chugissaki, itamehada with ji-nie, o-midare hamon of nioi with tobiyaki and muneyaki, boshi ko-maru almost ichimai, ubu nakago, mei: Choshu ju Fujiwara Nobutaro, 27¼in. (69.6cm), early 17th century; in shirasaya