MEI: MASAMORI SAKU, DATED MEIJI 10 MEIJI PERIOD (1877)
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Mei: Masamori saku, dated Meiji 10 Meiji Period (1877)
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki, very slight koshizori forging pattern mixed with tight itame, tempered edge suguba of nioi, maru-boshi, tang ubu, 25.13/16in. (65.7cm.); in a roironuri brown wrapped tsuka, shibuichi fuchi-kashira with karashishi and peonies in katakiribori, signed Furukawa Jochin, cast metal tsuba in the form of a dragon
Mei: Masamori saku, dated Meiji 10 Meiji Period (1877)
The blade honzukuri, iorimune, chugissaki, very slight koshizori forging pattern mixed with tight itame, tempered edge suguba of nioi, maru-boshi, tang ubu, 25.13/16in. (65.7cm.); in a roironuri brown wrapped tsuka, shibuichi fuchi-kashira with karashishi and peonies in katakiribori, signed Furukawa Jochin, cast metal tsuba in the form of a dragon