A SHINSHINTO BITCHU KATANA

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A SHINSHINTO BITCHU KATANA
DATED MEIJI 2 (1869), SIGNED TOBI OKAYAMA (NO) JU AOE UJIHARU KORE(O) SAKU.

Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 3 sun, 2 bu (67.7 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 1.8 cm.; fumbari: 1.1 cm. Jihada: very tightly compacted itame. Hamon: o-gonome midare in nioi and nie. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: tapering, ubu and with a dry, brown patina; yasurime: kesho; nakagojiri: rounded kengyo; mekugi-ana: three; mei, katana-mei: Tobi Okayama (no) ju Aoe Ujiharu kore(o) saku; jidai: Meiji 2-nen 8-gatsu hi (1869). Shirasaya; storage bag.

Accompanied by a Tokubetsu kicho ninteisho, no. 5504922, dated Showa 55 (1980), issued by the N.B.T.H.K.