LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED OITE TOBU TOYONAGA YUKIHIDE TSUKURU KORE AND DATED TENPO JUSAN'NEN HACHIGATSU HI (1842.8)
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A Shinshinto Katana
Late Edo period (19th century), signed Oite Tobu Toyonaga Yukihide tsukuru kore and dated Tenpo jusan'nen hachigatsu hi (1842.8)
Sugata [configuration]: hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, shallow curve
Kitae [forging pattern]: Five itame with small bright jinie overall
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome with many ashi, osuchigai
Nakago [tang]: Ubu two holes, one of which a shinobi-ana
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 83.5cm
Horimono: Futatsujibi both sides of blade
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard]
With Tokubetsu hozon (Sword especially worthy of preserving) certificate no. 101038 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1986.6.24
Late Edo period (19th century), signed Oite Tobu Toyonaga Yukihide tsukuru kore and dated Tenpo jusan'nen hachigatsu hi (1842.8)
Sugata [configuration]: hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, shallow curve
Kitae [forging pattern]: Five itame with small bright jinie overall
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome with many ashi, osuchigai
Nakago [tang]: Ubu two holes, one of which a shinobi-ana
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 83.5cm
Horimono: Futatsujibi both sides of blade
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard]
With Tokubetsu hozon (Sword especially worthy of preserving) certificate no. 101038 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated 1986.6.24
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