AN ETCHU UDA WAKIZASHI

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AN ETCHU UDA WAKIZASHI
MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)

Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 4 sun, 9 bu, 8 rin (45.4 cm.). Jihada: itame. Hamon: suguba komidare in good nie and nioi with sunagashi and scattered ashi. Boshi: wide hakikake. Nakago: o-suriage and with a dry, grey patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: three; mei: mumei. Shirasaya.

Accompanied by a hozon token kanteisho, no. 332906, dated Heisei 5 (1993), issued by the N.B.T.H.K.