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A LATE KOTO KATANA, PROBABLY BIZEN
MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 5 bu (68.3 cm.); torii-zori of 1.8 cm.; horimono: atobori bo-hi. Jihada: itame mokume. Hamon: choji midare in nioi and ko-nie. Boshi: indistinct. Nakago: squared, suriage and with a moist, brown patina; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: three; mei: mumei. Shirasaya without tsuka.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 5 bu (68.3 cm.); torii-zori of 1.8 cm.; horimono: atobori bo-hi. Jihada: itame mokume. Hamon: choji midare in nioi and ko-nie. Boshi: indistinct. Nakago: squared, suriage and with a moist, brown patina; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: three; mei: mumei. Shirasaya without tsuka.