A slender katana blade, honzukuri and torii-zori with fuasujibi and Hachiman Dai Bosatsu horimono on omote and futasujibi and So no Kurikara on ura, mokume hada, choji clusters hamon with nie, some in sunagashi form, hakkakeru boshi and suriage nakago with two mekugi-ana and kiri-jiri -- 23¾in.long, signed Sukesada, probably early 16th century.

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A slender katana blade, honzukuri and torii-zori with fuasujibi and Hachiman Dai Bosatsu horimono on omote and futasujibi and So no Kurikara on ura, mokume hada, choji clusters hamon with nie, some in sunagashi form, hakkakeru boshi and suriage nakago with two mekugi-ana and kiri-jiri -- 23¾in.long, signed Sukesada, probably early 16th century.

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