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A SOSHU KO-WAKIZASHI
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1525), SIGNED SOSHU (NO) JU TSUNAHIRO
Configuration (sugata): of flat, wedge section (hira-zukuri), with tri-bevelled back (mitsu-mune); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 4 sun, 4 bu (43.7 cm.); curvature (sori): shallow, 0.7 cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): large wood grain (o-itame).
Tempering pattern (hamon): o-choji in nie.
Point (boshi): jizo.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): slight tanago; file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): rounded (kuri-jiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three (one plugged); signature (katanamei): Soshu [no] ju Tsunahiro.
Shirasaya.
Silk storage bag.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1525), SIGNED SOSHU (NO) JU TSUNAHIRO
Configuration (sugata): of flat, wedge section (hira-zukuri), with tri-bevelled back (mitsu-mune); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 4 sun, 4 bu (43.7 cm.); curvature (sori): shallow, 0.7 cm.
Forging pattern (jihada): large wood grain (o-itame).
Tempering pattern (hamon): o-choji in nie.
Point (boshi): jizo.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): slight tanago; file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): rounded (kuri-jiri); holes (mekugi-ana): three (one plugged); signature (katanamei): Soshu [no] ju Tsunahiro.
Shirasaya.
Silk storage bag.