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A KOTO KATANA
MUROMACHI PERIOD (SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY), PROBABLY MINO SEKI
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, mitsu-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 1 bu (67.9 cm.); sori: 1.0 cm. Jihada: well-compacted itame. Hamon: gonome midare in nioi and konie with some 'islands' and 'pearls'. Boshi: shallow notare-komi. Nakago keitai: osuriage, tapering and with a soft, grey-brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari (later); nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two (one plugged); mei, mumei.ei:
Gunto koshirae, the tsuka emblazoned with a silver mon of the Makino clan.
MUROMACHI PERIOD (SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY), PROBABLY MINO SEKI
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, mitsu-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 1 bu (67.9 cm.); sori: 1.0 cm. Jihada: well-compacted itame. Hamon: gonome midare in nioi and konie with some 'islands' and 'pearls'. Boshi: shallow notare-komi. Nakago keitai: osuriage, tapering and with a soft, grey-brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari (later); nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two (one plugged); mei, mumei.ei:
Gunto koshirae, the tsuka emblazoned with a silver mon of the Makino clan.