SIGNED YAMASHIRO KUNI (NO) JU MINAMOTO TSUNAHIRO, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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A YAMASHIRO KATANA
SIGNED YAMASHIRO KUNI (NO) JU MINAMOTO TSUNAHIRO, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
SUGATA [CONFIGURATION]: HONZUKURI, IORI MUNE, SHALLOW SHINTO CURVE, CHU-KISSAKI
KITAE [FORGING PATTERN]: KO-ITAME WITH MOKUME
HAMON [TEMPERING PATTERN]: GUNOME WITH TOGARI-BA OF NIE
BOSHI [TIP]: KOMARU
NAKAGO [TANG]: UBU, ONE HOLE, KATTE-SAGARI FILE MARKS, HA-AGARI KURIJIRI TIP
HABAKI [COLLAR]: SINGLE SILVER
NAGASA [LENGTH OF BLADE]: 69.7CM
KOSHIRAE [MOUNTING]: UCHIGATANA KOSHIRAE WITH PALE BUFF HILT BINDING, VERMILLION SCABBARD WITH INFORMAL PAULOWNIAS IN GOLD MAKI-E, METAL FITTINGS TO HILT AND SCABBARD ALL CARVED WITH WAVE PATTERNS IN DARK-PATINATED SILVER, THE MENUKI OF WAVES IN SHAKUDO, THE ROUND SHIBUICHI TSUBA ALSO CARVED WITH WAVES

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ACCOMPANIED BY A TOKUBETSU KICHO TOKEN [ESPECIALLY VALUABLE SWORD] CERTIFICATE NO.211878 ISSUED BY THE NIHON BIJUTSU TOKEN HOZON KYOKAI [SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE JAPANESE ART SWORD] ON 18TH APRIL 1971.

THE SMITH ALSO SIGNED OMI (NO) KAMI MINAMOTO TSUNAHIRO, AND OMI (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA TSUNAHIRO. HE WORKED BOTH IN YAMASHIRO AND ISE, AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE LINE OF TSUNAHIRO OF SOSHU.

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