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A BUNGO RYOKAI KO-WAKIZASHI
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1400), SIGNED RYOKAI SADAYOSHI
Configuration (sugata): ohira-zukuri with shallow peaked back (iori-mune); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 1 sun, 1 bu (33.7cm.).
Forging pattern (jihada): o-mokume.
Tempering pattern (hamon): suguba.
Point (boshi): small and rounded (ko-maru) with medium kaeri.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): wide and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (katanamei): Ryokai Sadayoshi.
Shirasaya.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1400), SIGNED RYOKAI SADAYOSHI
Configuration (sugata): ohira-zukuri with shallow peaked back (iori-mune); length (nagasa): 1 shaku, 1 sun, 1 bu (33.7cm.).
Forging pattern (jihada): o-mokume.
Tempering pattern (hamon): suguba.
Point (boshi): small and rounded (ko-maru) with medium kaeri.
Tang (nakago). Shape (keitai): wide and unshortened (ubu); file marks (yasurime): new (kiri-yasuri); end (nakagojiri): rounded (kurijiri); holes (mekugi-ana): two; signature (katanamei): Ryokai Sadayoshi.
Shirasaya.