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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED HIZEN KUNI JU FUJIWARA TADAHIRO AND DATED HACHIGATSU KICHIJITSU (AN AUSPICIOUS DAY IN THE EIGHTH MONTH)
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A Hizen Wakizashi
Edo period (17th century), signed Hizen kuni ju Fujiwara Tadahiro and dated Hachigatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in the eighth month)
Sugata [configuration]: hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, torii-zori
Kitae [forging pattern]: very close ko-itame with jinie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: broad choji gunome in nioi and nie with a moist nioi-guchi and saka-ashi, kinsuji, yo, sunagashi and tobi-yaki
Boshi [tip]: continuation of the hamon with a long turnback
Nakago [tang]: ubu, iriyama-gata with kiri file marks and one hole
Habaki [collar]: single, gold
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 20¼in. (51.3cm.0 long
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 1/8in. (2.9cm.)
Sakihaba [width before tip]: 7/8in. (2.3cm.)
In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard] inscribed and signed by Sato Kanzan (1907-1978)
With a Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worth of preserving) no. 146952 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) attributing this sword to the first generation Tadahiro, dated 2001.12.25
Edo period (17th century), signed Hizen kuni ju Fujiwara Tadahiro and dated Hachigatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in the eighth month)
Sugata [configuration]: hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, torii-zori
Kitae [forging pattern]: very close ko-itame with jinie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: broad choji gunome in nioi and nie with a moist nioi-guchi and saka-ashi, kinsuji, yo, sunagashi and tobi-yaki
Boshi [tip]: continuation of the hamon with a long turnback
Nakago [tang]: ubu, iriyama-gata with kiri file marks and one hole
Habaki [collar]: single, gold
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 20¼in. (51.3cm.0 long
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 1/8in. (2.9cm.)
Sakihaba [width before tip]: 7/8in. (2.3cm.)
In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard] inscribed and signed by Sato Kanzan (1907-1978)
With a Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worth of preserving) no. 146952 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword) attributing this sword to the first generation Tadahiro, dated 2001.12.25