Details
AN OSAKA TAMBA KATANA
MIDDLE EDO PERIOD, DATED ANEI 2 (1773), SIGNED (KIKU-MON), TAMBA (NO) KAMI YOSHIMICHI, ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMICHI VII
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 3 bu (61.6 cm.); sori: koshi-zori of 0.9 cm.; fumbari: 0.8 cm. Jihada: masame. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi. Boshi: ko-maru. Nakago keitai: ubu, regular and with a dry, grey patina; nakagojiri: osujikai; nakagojiri: kengyo; mekugi-ana: two; mei, katana-mei: (Kiku-mon), Tamba (no) Kami Yoshimichi. Shirasaya; storage bag.
MIDDLE EDO PERIOD, DATED ANEI 2 (1773), SIGNED (KIKU-MON), TAMBA (NO) KAMI YOSHIMICHI, ATTRIBUTED TO YOSHIMICHI VII
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 3 bu (61.6 cm.); sori: koshi-zori of 0.9 cm.; fumbari: 0.8 cm. Jihada: masame. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi. Boshi: ko-maru. Nakago keitai: ubu, regular and with a dry, grey patina; nakagojiri: osujikai; nakagojiri: kengyo; mekugi-ana: two; mei, katana-mei: (Kiku-mon), Tamba (no) Kami Yoshimichi. Shirasaya; storage bag.