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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE JU YOKOYAMA SUKEKANE SAKU AND DATED MEIJI SAN'NEN SANGATSU HI (1870.3) AND INSCRIBED TOMONARI GOJUHACHIDAI MAGO (58TH-GENERATION DESCENDANT OF TOMONARI, FOUNDER OF THE BIZEN SCHOOL)
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A Shin-Shinto Bizen Katana
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Bishu Osafune ju Yokoyama Sukekane saku and dated Meiji san'nen sangatsu hi (1870.3) and inscribed Tomonari gojuhachidai mago (58th-generation descendant of Tomonari, founder of the Bizen school)
Sugata [configuration]: hon-zukuri, iori-mune shallow torii-zori and chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame mixed with mokume in ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: juka choji-midare, yaki-dashi in nie
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, ha-agari with kiri file marks and one hole
Habaki [collar]: one-piece, silver
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 26½in. (67.1cm.)
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard]
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Bishu Osafune ju Yokoyama Sukekane saku and dated Meiji san'nen sangatsu hi (1870.3) and inscribed Tomonari gojuhachidai mago (58th-generation descendant of Tomonari, founder of the Bizen school)
Sugata [configuration]: hon-zukuri, iori-mune shallow torii-zori and chu-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame mixed with mokume in ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: juka choji-midare, yaki-dashi in nie
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, ha-agari with kiri file marks and one hole
Habaki [collar]: one-piece, silver
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 26½in. (67.1cm.)
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard]