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A KENUKI GATA TACHI
The blade honzukuri with strong torii-zori and chu-gissaki, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, notare hamon of nie with ashi, jifu and yo, chu-maru boshi, suriage nakago with signagure Yamato no kami Minamoto Hirochika, 17th century, 59.6cm.; in a nashiji saya decorated with ho-o birds and plum branches in gold takamakie, silvered copper tachi fittings engraved with butterflies, metal covered tsuka with a kenukigata bearing a butterfly mon, 19th century
The blade honzukuri with strong torii-zori and chu-gissaki, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, notare hamon of nie with ashi, jifu and yo, chu-maru boshi, suriage nakago with signagure Yamato no kami Minamoto Hirochika, 17th century, 59.6cm.; in a nashiji saya decorated with ho-o birds and plum branches in gold takamakie, silvered copper tachi fittings engraved with butterflies, metal covered tsuka with a kenukigata bearing a butterfly mon, 19th century