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AN O-SURIAGE CHIKUZEN KATANA
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO REIZEI (REISEN) SADAMORI
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AN O-SURIAGE CHIKUZEN KATANA
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO REIZEI (Reisen) SADAMORI
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, shallow even curve, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Flowing itame-hada with chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Medium suguha, tight nioi-guchi of ko-nie, uchi-noke near monouchi on the omote, some niju-ba, sunagashi and kinsuji
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with slight hakikake
Nakago [tang]: O-suriage, kiri file marks, two mekugi-ana, kiri-jiri
Habaki [collar]: double gold clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 69.2cm
Horimono [carving]: Kakitosu bohi grooves
The blade accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Juyo token (Important sword) no. 6568 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1979.3.2
NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO REIZEI (Reisen) SADAMORI
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, shallow even curve, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: Flowing itame-hada with chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Medium suguha, tight nioi-guchi of ko-nie, uchi-noke near monouchi on the omote, some niju-ba, sunagashi and kinsuji
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with slight hakikake
Nakago [tang]: O-suriage, kiri file marks, two mekugi-ana, kiri-jiri
Habaki [collar]: double gold clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 69.2cm
Horimono [carving]: Kakitosu bohi grooves
The blade accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Juyo token (Important sword) no. 6568 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1979.3.2
Literature
Honma Kunzan [Junji], "Kanto hibisho" (Memoranda on appraised swords), Token bijutsu 299 (1981.12).
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