VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A KOTO KATANA
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A KOTO KATANA
MUROMACHI PERIOD
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 5 bu (65.2 cm.); sori of 1.5 cm.. Jihada: itame mokume. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi and ko-nie with extensive ashi and some yo and kinsuji; some shadowy niju-ba appears in the ura moinouchi and on both sides the hamon widens in the last 2 cm. before the yokote. Boshi: komaru with an insinuation of hakikake. Nakago keitai: osuriage and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: three; mei, mumei.
Koshirae: saya with aogai nashiji and broken pine needles [chips and lacquer losses]; iron Akasaka style sukashi tsuba pierced with prunus, unsigned, 17th century, rusted, height 6.8 cm.; blue-wrapped tsuka with gilt and shakudo menuki of cranes; mismatched fuchi-kashira.
MUROMACHI PERIOD
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 5 bu (65.2 cm.); sori of 1.5 cm.. Jihada: itame mokume. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi and ko-nie with extensive ashi and some yo and kinsuji; some shadowy niju-ba appears in the ura moinouchi and on both sides the hamon widens in the last 2 cm. before the yokote. Boshi: komaru with an insinuation of hakikake. Nakago keitai: osuriage and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: three; mei, mumei.
Koshirae: saya with aogai nashiji and broken pine needles [chips and lacquer losses]; iron Akasaka style sukashi tsuba pierced with prunus, unsigned, 17th century, rusted, height 6.8 cm.; blue-wrapped tsuka with gilt and shakudo menuki of cranes; mismatched fuchi-kashira.