A SHINSHINTO BUNGO TAKADA KATANA

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A SHINSHINTO BUNGO TAKADA KATANA
LATE EDO PERIOD, DATED KAEI 3 (1850), SIGNED BUNGO TAKADA (NO) JU FUJIWARA NORIKUNI

Sugata: shinogi-zukuri with iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 4 bu (64.8 cm.); koshi-zori of 1.0 cm.; fumbari: 1.0 cm. Jihada: indistinct, but probably itame. Hamon: indistinct, but probably notare midare. Boshi: indistinct. Nakago: tapering, ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; katana-mei: Bungo Takada (no) ju Fujiwara Norikuni; jidai: Kaei 3-nen 5-gatsu hi (5th month, 1850). Partial Gunto koshirae.