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A SATSUMA CHIISA-KATANA
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1530), SIGNED NAMINOHIRA YUKISADA
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and ko-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 9 sun, 8 bu (60.0 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 1.7 cm.; fumbari: 0.9 cm. Jihada: itame masame [surface 'foggy' and somewhat unclear]. Hamon: narrow suguba with (probably?) some komidare in ko-nie. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, short and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: higaki; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, katana-mei: Naminohira Yukisada.
Uchigatana-koshirae: saya of black speckled lacquer [chips and lacquer loss]; plain iron mokko tsuba, unsigned, height 7 cm.; black-wrapped tsuka with mismatched mounts.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 1530), SIGNED NAMINOHIRA YUKISADA
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and ko-kissaki; nagasa: 1 shaku, 9 sun, 8 bu (60.0 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 1.7 cm.; fumbari: 0.9 cm. Jihada: itame masame [surface 'foggy' and somewhat unclear]. Hamon: narrow suguba with (probably?) some komidare in ko-nie. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, short and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: higaki; nakagojiri: kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, katana-mei: Naminohira Yukisada.
Uchigatana-koshirae: saya of black speckled lacquer [chips and lacquer loss]; plain iron mokko tsuba, unsigned, height 7 cm.; black-wrapped tsuka with mismatched mounts.