Details
A SHOWA KATANA
CIRCA 1940, SIGNED SEKI (NO) JU KOGEN KANENAO KORE(O) SAKU
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 9 bu (69.3 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 1.8 cm.; horimono: bo-hi. Jihada: extremely tight itame, almost muji. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: regular, ubu and with a thin, grey patina; yasurime: higaki; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, katana-mei: Seki (no) ju Kogen Kanenao kore(o) saku.
Koshirae: roiro saya (splits and chips); plain iron mokko tsubau; sentoku shiiremono mounts.
CIRCA 1940, SIGNED SEKI (NO) JU KOGEN KANENAO KORE(O) SAKU
Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 2 sun, 9 bu (69.3 cm.); sori: torii-zori of 1.8 cm.; horimono: bo-hi. Jihada: extremely tight itame, almost muji. Hamon: medium suguba in nioi. Boshi: hakikake. Nakago keitai: regular, ubu and with a thin, grey patina; yasurime: higaki; nakagojiri: ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: one; mei, katana-mei: Seki (no) ju Kogen Kanenao kore(o) saku.
Koshirae: roiro saya (splits and chips); plain iron mokko tsubau; sentoku shiiremono mounts.