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NANBOKUCHO PERIOD (14TH CENTURY), WITH GOLD INLAID ATTRIBUTION YOSHIHIRO (SENJUIN YOSHIHIRO) AND TADANOBU (HON'AMI TADANOBU) AND KAO
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A Yamato Wakizashi
Nanbokucho period (14th century), with gold inlaid attribution Yoshihiro (Senjuin Yoshihiro) and Tadanobu (Hon'ami Tadanobu) and kao
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-gissaki, torii-zori
Kitae [forging pattern]: fine ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: narrow suguha of nie
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: futatsu-bi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage with later kiri file marks and two holes
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 18½in. ( 47cm.)
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.)
Sakihaba [width before tip]: ¾in. (1.9cm.)
Habaki [collar]: single, gold carved with Shimazu family crest against a "stone" surface
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard] with inscription and signed by Tanobe Michihiro
With Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worthy of preserving) certificate no. 147933 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 2003.1.16
Nanbokucho period (14th century), with gold inlaid attribution Yoshihiro (Senjuin Yoshihiro) and Tadanobu (Hon'ami Tadanobu) and kao
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-gissaki, torii-zori
Kitae [forging pattern]: fine ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: narrow suguha of nie
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Horimono [carving]: futatsu-bi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage with later kiri file marks and two holes
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 18½in. ( 47cm.)
Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.)
Sakihaba [width before tip]: ¾in. (1.9cm.)
Habaki [collar]: single, gold carved with Shimazu family crest against a "stone" surface
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard] with inscription and signed by Tanobe Michihiro
With Tokubetsu hozon token (Sword especially worthy of preserving) certificate no. 147933 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 2003.1.16