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A KAGA WAKIZASHI
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1680), SIGNED KASHU (NO) JU FUJIWARA IEHIRA
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 7 sun, 3 bu (52.4 cm.); koshi-zori of 0.7 cm. Jihada: tightly-compacted itame. Hamon: irregular gonome in nioi. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago: regular, ubu and with a dry patina; yasurime: sujikai; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; katana-mei: Kashu (no) ju Fujiwara Iehira. Shirasaya.
EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1680), SIGNED KASHU (NO) JU FUJIWARA IEHIRA
Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 7 sun, 3 bu (52.4 cm.); koshi-zori of 0.7 cm. Jihada: tightly-compacted itame. Hamon: irregular gonome in nioi. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago: regular, ubu and with a dry patina; yasurime: sujikai; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; katana-mei: Kashu (no) ju Fujiwara Iehira. Shirasaya.