MEI: SANJO MUNECHIKA AND DATED EIEN (?) NINEN (988) HACHIGATSU BI, 14TH CENTURY
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A KOTO KATANA IN SHIRASAYA
Mei: Sanjo Munechika and dated Eien (?) ninen (988) hachigatsu bi, 14th Century
Honzukuri, iorimune with small point (ko-gissaki), torii-zori and forging pattern of itame and some masame, tempered edge suguba with scattering ji-nie and nioi with yakizume-boshi, tang ubu with two holes, (habaki lost), 71.7cm., in shirasaya with sayagaki
Mei: Sanjo Munechika and dated Eien (?) ninen (988) hachigatsu bi, 14th Century
Honzukuri, iorimune with small point (ko-gissaki), torii-zori and forging pattern of itame and some masame, tempered edge suguba with scattering ji-nie and nioi with yakizume-boshi, tang ubu with two holes, (habaki lost), 71.7cm., in shirasaya with sayagaki