MEI: MIZUNO MINAMOTO MASAKUNI SAKU, EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY)
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Mei: Mizuno Minamoto Masakuni saku, Edo Period (Mid 19th Century)
The blade, honzukuri and shallow torii-zori with itame-mokume hada, midare hamon of nie and hakkakeru boshi, ubu nakago, 26.5/8in. (67.6cm.), in a koshishibourushi-inrokizami-saya, brass ishimeiji fittings, soft metal menuki of Benkei and Yoshitsune and an iron tsuba with kiri and kiku in silver nunome-zogan
Mei: Mizuno Minamoto Masakuni saku, Edo Period (Mid 19th Century)
The blade, honzukuri and shallow torii-zori with itame-mokume hada, midare hamon of nie and hakkakeru boshi, ubu nakago, 26.5/8in. (67.6cm.), in a koshishibourushi-inrokizami-saya, brass ishimeiji fittings, soft metal menuki of Benkei and Yoshitsune and an iron tsuba with kiri and kiku in silver nunome-zogan