SIGNED HIZEN KUNI TADAYOSHI (VIII), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A HIZEN KATANA
SIGNED HIZEN KUNI TADAYOSHI (VIII), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri narrowing gently, iori-mune, deep curve, chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-itame with ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: chu-suguha of nie
Boshi [tip]: komaru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, kiri file marks, two mekugi-ana, kurijiri tip
Habaki [collar]: single gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 70cm
Koshirae [mounting]: handachi koshirae, the saya of reddish brown lacquer with a raised net design, matching shibuichi fittings carved with waves, fuchi signed Akishige (probably Hisaga Akishige, pupil of Shunmei)

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Lot Essay

Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Particularly Worthy of Preservation] no.142573 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 2nd October 1997.

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