A SHOWA KATANA

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A SHOWA KATANA
DATED 1942, SIGNED KAZUNORI

Sugata: with shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune and chu-kissaki; nagasa: 2 shaku, 1 sun, 8 bu (66.1 cm.). Jihada: muji. Hamon: togari gonome in nioi with ashi and yo. Boshi: chu-maru. Nakago keitai: regular, tapering ubu and with a thin grey patina; yasurime: takanoha; nakagojiri:ha-agari kuri-jiri; mekugi-ana: two; mei, katana-mei: (Seki stamp), Kazunori; jidai: Showa 17-nen 5-gatsu (1942). Gunto koshirae; storage bag.

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Kazunori was a teacher at the National Technical School.