A KAGA KATANA
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A KAGA KATANA

UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO KASHU KANEMAKI, MUROMACHI - EDO PERIOD (16TH - 17TH CENTURY)

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A KAGA KATANA
UNSIGNED, ATTRIBUTED TO KASHU KANEMAKI, MUROMACHI - EDO PERIOD (16TH - 17TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, somewhat high shinogi, deep curvature, extended kissaki
Kitea [forging pattern]: ko-itame with mokume,
Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha with variations, kinsuji Boshi [tip]: ko-maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, one mekugi-ana, kiri file marks, ha-agari kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: single lightly gilt copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 58.9cm
Koshirae [mounting]: in shirasaya
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Lot Essay

With an NTHK attribution to Kashu Kanemaki, of whom there were several generations following the first, a pupil of Kanesada III of Seki, who migrated to Kaga province in the 16th century.

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