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A KOTO KATANA
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 16TH CENTURY), POSSIBLY KAGA
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 6 bu (65.5 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 2.2 cm. Jihada: itame. Hamon: medium suguba in nie and nioi with extensive ashi and yo in the upper 2/3 of the blade, the lower 1/3 with three long, separated patches of niju-ba. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, thick and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: sujikai; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana): one; mei, mumei. Shirasaya; storage bag.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (CIRCA 16TH CENTURY), POSSIBLY KAGA
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 6 bu (65.5 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 2.2 cm. Jihada: itame. Hamon: medium suguba in nie and nioi with extensive ashi and yo in the upper 2/3 of the blade, the lower 1/3 with three long, separated patches of niju-ba. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: ubu, thick and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: sujikai; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana): one; mei, mumei. Shirasaya; storage bag.