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A KAGA WAKIZASHI
MUROMACHI PERIOD (PROBABLY CIRCA 1500)
Sugata:with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 6 sun, 3 bu (49.5 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 1.3 cm.; decrease in fumbari: 0.9 cm.; horimono: maru-dome bi-hi on both sides. Jihada: tight itame. Hamon: active gonome midare in nioi with extensive nie becoming scattered sunagashi in the lower half of the blade, sometimes venturing into the ji. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, furisode and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: sujikai ; Jihada: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two (one double); mei, mumei.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (PROBABLY CIRCA 1500)
Sugata:with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 6 sun, 3 bu (49.5 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 1.3 cm.; decrease in fumbari: 0.9 cm.; horimono: maru-dome bi-hi on both sides. Jihada: tight itame. Hamon: active gonome midare in nioi with extensive nie becoming scattered sunagashi in the lower half of the blade, sometimes venturing into the ji. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, furisode and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: sujikai ; Jihada: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two (one double); mei, mumei.