MEI: SETTSU NO KAMI FUJIWARA NAGASHIGE WITH A KIKU MON AND ICHI ABOVE, MID 18TH CENTURY
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A KIKU ICHIMONJI KATANA BLADE
Mei: Settsu no kami Fujiwara Nagashige with a kiku mon and ichi above, mid 18th Century
Honzukuri, iorimune with chu-gissaki, slight torii-zori, forging pattern obscured, tempered edge appears to be ko-midare, boshi obscured, tang slight machi okuri (some spider rust and knicks), 72.7cm.
Mei: Settsu no kami Fujiwara Nagashige with a kiku mon and ichi above, mid 18th Century
Honzukuri, iorimune with chu-gissaki, slight torii-zori, forging pattern obscured, tempered edge appears to be ko-midare, boshi obscured, tang slight machi okuri (some spider rust and knicks), 72.7cm.