Lot Essay
Kuniie was the grandfather and teacher of the eminent swordsmith Yoshihara Yoshindo
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A SHOWA PERIOD KATANA BLADE, honzukuri, iorimune, torii-zori with chugissaki, ko-itame hada with ji-nie, choji-midare hamon of nie with wide habuchi, ashi, ubu nakago signed Yoshihara Kuniie, Showa 14th year (1939), 65.9cm., in a gunto mounting