A JAPANESE KOTO KATANA
A JAPANESE KOTO KATANA

MUROMACHI PERIOD

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A JAPANESE KOTO KATANA
MUROMACHI PERIOD
With blade of shallow curve with worn signature (pitted, cleaned bright), futasujibi or gomabashi grooves on the ura, engraved on the omote a suken with vajra hilt, the nakago with one mekugi-ana, with black lacquered koshirae with single handachi-style shibuichi fuchi with apartitioned ishimeji ground, and modern iron reproduction tsuba pierced with a crane
23½in. (59.7cm.) blade

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