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A KATANA
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A KATANA
The blade honzukuri, torii-zori with extended chu-gissaki, itame hada with ji-nie, ko-notare hamon with ko-nie, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, 17th century, 63.5cm, in a samenuri saya, shibuichi fuchi-kashira with Chinese figures in iroe takazogan, signed Ipposai Yasunobu, Namban tsuba, shakudo and gilt menuki carved as kabuto, 19th century
The blade honzukuri, torii-zori with extended chu-gissaki, itame hada with ji-nie, ko-notare hamon with ko-nie, chu-maru boshi, ubu nakago, 17th century, 63.5cm, in a samenuri saya, shibuichi fuchi-kashira with Chinese figures in iroe takazogan, signed Ipposai Yasunobu, Namban tsuba, shakudo and gilt menuki carved as kabuto, 19th century