UNSIGNED, KAMAKURA-NAMBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY)

The high shinogi, areas of flowing grain, the niju-ba and sanju-ba hamon and complex boshi are all characteristcs which help identify this blade as Yamato style work. The shape is that of an o-suriage Kamakura or Nanbokucho period tachi. The unusually long and much depleted kurikara horimono might suggest that the blade was of Buddhist ritual significance.