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MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY)
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A Naginata-Naoshi Katana
Muromachi period (15th century)
O-suriage broad honzukuri, naginata-naoshi blade of shallow curve; the forging pattern ko-itame and the tempering pattern suguha of nie with sunagashi, the tang with two holes and sujikai file marks; silvered-copper habaki; in shirasaya with attribution to Tanshu Hojoji Kunimitsu and signed Hon'ami Choshiki; 69.1cm. long
Muromachi period (15th century)
O-suriage broad honzukuri, naginata-naoshi blade of shallow curve; the forging pattern ko-itame and the tempering pattern suguha of nie with sunagashi, the tang with two holes and sujikai file marks; silvered-copper habaki; in shirasaya with attribution to Tanshu Hojoji Kunimitsu and signed Hon'ami Choshiki; 69.1cm. long