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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
Literature
Honma Kunzan [Junji], "Kanto hibisho" (Memoranda on appraised swords), Token bijutsu 299 (1981.12).

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