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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED MUSASHI DAIJO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO AND DATED AND INSCRIBED KAN'EI ROKUNEN NIGATSU KICHIJITSU (1629.2) RAKUYO SANJO JU SADATSUNE (SADATSUNE WHO LIVED IN SANJO, KYOTO)
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A Hizen Wakizashi
Edo period (17th century), signed Musashi daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro and dated and inscribed Kan'ei rokunen nigatsu kichijitsu (1629.2) rakuyo Sanjo ju Sadatsune (Sadatsune who lived in Sanjo, Kyoto)
Sugata [configuration]: katakiri-zukuri, iori-mune with a slight curvature
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome midare with nie, tobiyaki and shirake-utsuri
Boshi [tip]: jizo on the omote and midare-komi on the ura
Horimono [carving]: sansuken on the omote and bo-hi ni tsure-bi on the ura
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kiri file marks and one hole
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 13in. (33cm.)
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 3/16in. (3cm.)
Habaki [collar]: double, gold
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard]
With certificate no. 10617 issued by the Nihon Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword), dated 1989.10.15
Edo period (17th century), signed Musashi daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro and dated and inscribed Kan'ei rokunen nigatsu kichijitsu (1629.2) rakuyo Sanjo ju Sadatsune (Sadatsune who lived in Sanjo, Kyoto)
Sugata [configuration]: katakiri-zukuri, iori-mune with a slight curvature
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome midare with nie, tobiyaki and shirake-utsuri
Boshi [tip]: jizo on the omote and midare-komi on the ura
Horimono [carving]: sansuken on the omote and bo-hi ni tsure-bi on the ura
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kiri file marks and one hole
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 13in. (33cm.)
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 3/16in. (3cm.)
Habaki [collar]: double, gold
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard]
With certificate no. 10617 issued by the Nihon Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword), dated 1989.10.15