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An Osaka Shinto Wakizashi with Koshirae
Edo period, signed Tsuda no Echizen kami Sukehiro and dated Enpo gannen junigatsu bi (1673.12)
The blade honzukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, toriizori; forging pattern ko-mokume with jinie; tempered edge toran midare of nie with Osaka-yakidashi; boshi komaru-sagari with hakikake; tang ubu with iriyama end, file marks sujikai and kesho with one hole; double, gilt-copper habaki
In koshirae of lacquered sharkskin comprising: an iron tsuba pierced with forty-eight petals of a chrysanthemum, with traces of gilt; iron fuchi-kashira decorated with geometric design in silver hira-zogan, inscribed Nomura Masamitsu and with kao; shakudo menuki formed as group of shells; iron kozuka framed in shakudo chiseled with a signature of Rai Kunimitsu and a round gold patch; the hilt with green band and blackened shark skin; 74cm. long
47.3cm. from tip to beginning of tang; 1.1cm. curvature; 3cm. wide at start of tempered edge; 2.4cm. wide before tip
With a Tokubetsu hozon (Sword Especially Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 146671, issued by Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 2001.8.7 (2)
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