A SHOWA KATANA

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A SHOWA KATANA
CIRCA 1940, SIGNED SOGYO YOSHIMITSU SAKU

Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 5 bu (65.2 cm.). Jihada: extremely tight, almost muji. Hamon: irregular gonome in nioi. Boshi: chu-maru. Nakago keitai: regular, ubu and with a thin, brown patina; Yasurime: sujikai; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two; mei, katana-mei: (Seki stamp), Sogyo Yoshimitsu saku. Gunto koshoirae; storage bag.