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A BIZEN KATANA
MUROMACHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1450
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and o-kissaki;nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 9 bu (66.5 cm.); koshi-zori of 1.3 cm. Jihada: ko-itame. Hamon: suguba ko-midare in nie and nioi; extensive ashi and some yo in the omote monouchi; the ura displays an extemsive range of ashi plus a well-configured cluster of tobiyaki at the base of the monouchi. Boshi: tight hakikake. Nakago: slender, suriage and with a soft, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri with a partial mekugi-ana; mekugi-ana: two; mei: mumei.
Higo style uchigatana-koshirae: brown saya imitating leather and fitted with an iron kojiri; plain iron fuchi-kashira; a squared iron tsuba molded and gilded with a battlefield scene of two gote and a sode, unsigned, diameter 7.6 cm
MUROMACHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1450
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and o-kissaki;nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 9 bu (66.5 cm.); koshi-zori of 1.3 cm. Jihada: ko-itame. Hamon: suguba ko-midare in nie and nioi; extensive ashi and some yo in the omote monouchi; the ura displays an extemsive range of ashi plus a well-configured cluster of tobiyaki at the base of the monouchi. Boshi: tight hakikake. Nakago: slender, suriage and with a soft, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri with a partial mekugi-ana; mekugi-ana: two; mei: mumei.
Higo style uchigatana-koshirae: brown saya imitating leather and fitted with an iron kojiri; plain iron fuchi-kashira; a squared iron tsuba molded and gilded with a battlefield scene of two gote and a sode, unsigned, diameter 7.6 cm