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A MINO SEKI KATANA
EARLY EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1660), SIGNED NOSHU (NO) JU JUMYO
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 3 sun, 6 bu (71.4 cm.); sori: koshi-zori of 1.4 cm. Jihada: tightly-compacted itame. Hamon: gonome midare in nioi and nie with delicate sunagashi predominating in the central 1/3 of the blade. Boshi: midare-komi. Nakago keitai: squared, suriage and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: three; mei, katana-mei: Noshu (no) ju Jumyo. No scabbard or mounts.
Accompanied by a Tokubetsu kicho ninteisho, no. 5504923, dated Showa 55 (1980), issued by the N.B.T.H.K.
EARLY EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1660), SIGNED NOSHU (NO) JU JUMYO
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 3 sun, 6 bu (71.4 cm.); sori: koshi-zori of 1.4 cm. Jihada: tightly-compacted itame. Hamon: gonome midare in nioi and nie with delicate sunagashi predominating in the central 1/3 of the blade. Boshi: midare-komi. Nakago keitai: squared, suriage and with a moist, brown patina; yasurime: katte-sagari; nakagojiri: kiri-jiri; mekugi-ana: three; mei, katana-mei: Noshu (no) ju Jumyo. No scabbard or mounts.
Accompanied by a Tokubetsu kicho ninteisho, no. 5504923, dated Showa 55 (1980), issued by the N.B.T.H.K.