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The second probably Nakayama Goro Minamoto Yoshizane, a pupil of Hosokawa Masayoshi active just prior to the Meiji restoration.
THE FIRST SIGNED TSUKUBA UMEGAWA JU HISAHIRO, AND DATED KEIO SANNEN [1867]; THE SECOND SIGNED MINAMOTO YOSHIZANE, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A SHINSHINTO KATANA AND A MOUNTED TANTO
THE FIRST SIGNED TSUKUBA UMEGAWA JU HISAHIRO, AND DATED KEIO SANNEN [1867]; THE SECOND SIGNED MINAMOTO YOSHIZANE, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The shinshinto katana
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori mune, broad even curve, extended kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: close ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: tight suguha predominantly of nioi with some ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: even ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, sujigai with kesho file marks, one mekugi-ana, abrupt kuri-jiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 70.3cm
Koshirae [mounting]: katana saya, tsuba, and two seppa only, the saya black lacquer with stylized clouds design, the upper 20cm or so with alternating wide red and thin black bands, squared mokko iron tsuba with two trefoil piercings
The mounted tanto
Sugata [configuration]: hirazukuri with slight curve
Kitai [forging pattern]: indistinct
Hamon [tempering pattern] gunome with choji
Boshi [tip]: indistinct
Nakago [tang]: ubu, sujigai and faint kesho file marks, one mekugi-ana, ha-agari kuriji tip
Habaki [collar]: single lightly gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 26.0cm
Koshirae [mounting]: tsuba-gatana mounting, the black lacquer simulating wood grain, fuchi-kashira of plovers over waves in gold, silver, copper, and shakudo inlay on a shibuichi ishimeji ground, menuki of plum blossoms on twigs in shakudo with gold details, kurikata of shakudo nanako with a phoenix in gold inlay, oval iron tsuba (2)
THE FIRST SIGNED TSUKUBA UMEGAWA JU HISAHIRO, AND DATED KEIO SANNEN [1867]; THE SECOND SIGNED MINAMOTO YOSHIZANE, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The shinshinto katana
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori mune, broad even curve, extended kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: close ko-itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: tight suguha predominantly of nioi with some ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: even ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, sujigai with kesho file marks, one mekugi-ana, abrupt kuri-jiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 70.3cm
Koshirae [mounting]: katana saya, tsuba, and two seppa only, the saya black lacquer with stylized clouds design, the upper 20cm or so with alternating wide red and thin black bands, squared mokko iron tsuba with two trefoil piercings
The mounted tanto
Sugata [configuration]: hirazukuri with slight curve
Kitai [forging pattern]: indistinct
Hamon [tempering pattern] gunome with choji
Boshi [tip]: indistinct
Nakago [tang]: ubu, sujigai and faint kesho file marks, one mekugi-ana, ha-agari kuriji tip
Habaki [collar]: single lightly gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 26.0cm
Koshirae [mounting]: tsuba-gatana mounting, the black lacquer simulating wood grain, fuchi-kashira of plovers over waves in gold, silver, copper, and shakudo inlay on a shibuichi ishimeji ground, menuki of plum blossoms on twigs in shakudo with gold details, kurikata of shakudo nanako with a phoenix in gold inlay, oval iron tsuba (2)
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