Lot Essay
Emura who also signed Nagamitsu was the governor of Okayama prison, he made blades on a forge within the prison.
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TWO GENDAI-TO
Honzukuri, torii-zori with extended chu-gisaki, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, gunome hamon with ashi, o-maru boshi, ubu nakago signed Emura saku, 20th century, 67cm., in a gunto mounting; and another, honzukuri, torii-zori with chu-gissaki, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, ko-midare hamon of nie with deep ashi, o-maru boshi, long ubu-nakago, signed Itosai Yasatsuna and dated to the 2600th year of the empire (1937), 68.1cm., in a modern katana mounting (2)
Honzukuri, torii-zori with extended chu-gisaki, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, gunome hamon with ashi, o-maru boshi, ubu nakago signed Emura saku, 20th century, 67cm., in a gunto mounting; and another, honzukuri, torii-zori with chu-gissaki, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, ko-midare hamon of nie with deep ashi, o-maru boshi, long ubu-nakago, signed Itosai Yasatsuna and dated to the 2600th year of the empire (1937), 68.1cm., in a modern katana mounting (2)