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A SHINTO KATANA IN GUNTO KOSHIRAE
Mei: Kanesada, 17th Century
The blade honzukuri, iorimune with slightly elongated medium point (chu-gissaki), slight koshi-zori, forging pattern itame and masame, tempered edge midare with some sambon-sugi, with maru-boshi, tang ubu with two holes, Mino school, 73.2cm.; encased in iron leather covered gunto scabbard, decorated with typical W.W.II mounts, metal menuki in the form of ken and a Choshu iron aoi-gata tsuba similarly carved, the kabuto-gane with sagari-fuji (hanging wisteria) mon and blue and brown tassel, 19th/early 20th Century
