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WITH SIGNATURE MURAMASA, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A SHINSHINTO KATANA
WITH SIGNATURE MURAMASA, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, shallow curve o-kissaki mitsu-mune
Kitae [forging pattern]: hada fine itame with much tight hitatsura
Hamon [tempering pattern]: large gonome with tobiyaki and hitatsura
Boshi [tip]: large midare-komi type
Nakago [tang]: four mekugi-ana, two overlapping, file marks are kiri type
Nagasa [length]: 76.3cm.
In Shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]: Inscribed 'Ise Kuni Muramasa' [Muramasa of Ise Province] and 'nagasa nishaku gosun sanbu' [length 2 shaku 5 sun 3 bu]
WITH SIGNATURE MURAMASA, LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, shallow curve o-kissaki mitsu-mune
Kitae [forging pattern]: hada fine itame with much tight hitatsura
Hamon [tempering pattern]: large gonome with tobiyaki and hitatsura
Boshi [tip]: large midare-komi type
Nakago [tang]: four mekugi-ana, two overlapping, file marks are kiri type
Nagasa [length]: 76.3cm.
In Shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]: Inscribed 'Ise Kuni Muramasa' [Muramasa of Ise Province] and 'nagasa nishaku gosun sanbu' [length 2 shaku 5 sun 3 bu]
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium