Lot Essay
Accompanied with N.B.T.H.K. certificate no. 330060.
SIGNED HIZEN KUNI KAWACHI NO KAMI FUJIWARA MASAHIRO, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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Signed Hizen kuni Kawachi no kami Fujiwara Masahiro, late 17th/early 18th Century
Honzukuri, iorimune, medium point [chu-gissaki], curve, slight koshi zori, forging pattern tight itame with ko-mokume, tempered edge elongated toran with cloves in bright nie, an abundance of kin-suji and niju-ba throughout the blade, maru-boshi, tang machi-okuri with two holes, 67.1cm., in shirasaya
Signed Hizen kuni Kawachi no kami Fujiwara Masahiro, late 17th/early 18th Century
Honzukuri, iorimune, medium point [chu-gissaki], curve, slight koshi zori, forging pattern tight itame with ko-mokume, tempered edge elongated toran with cloves in bright nie, an abundance of kin-suji and niju-ba throughout the blade, maru-boshi, tang machi-okuri with two holes, 67.1cm., in shirasaya