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A SHINTO KATANA
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED KIYOTSUNA
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 7 bu (68.9 cm.); zori: almost none (0.5 cm.). Jihada: itame. Hamon: regularly-spaced claw-shaped [tsume] choji in nioi and with some scattered ashi. Boshi: ko-maru with some hakikake on the omote. Nakago: regular, tapering, ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kengyo; mekugi-ana: two; katana-mei: Kiyotsuna. Shirasaya
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED KIYOTSUNA
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 7 bu (68.9 cm.); zori: almost none (0.5 cm.). Jihada: itame. Hamon: regularly-spaced claw-shaped [tsume] choji in nioi and with some scattered ashi. Boshi: ko-maru with some hakikake on the omote. Nakago: regular, tapering, ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kengyo; mekugi-ana: two; katana-mei: Kiyotsuna. Shirasaya