拍品專文
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Hozon Token [sword worthy of preservation] no. 360909 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword] on 8th February 2003
The smith was one of the family starting with Sukemasa, who had studied under in Osaka under Ozaki Shigetaka and later under Suishinshi Masahide. Sukemasa had worked closely with Tokurin, under the direction of the sword-making Tokugawa daimyo Rekko. The son of Sukemasa, Suketomo, continued in the Mitto tradition, and the present sword is attributed to the work of his son, Suketoshi
The smith was one of the family starting with Sukemasa, who had studied under in Osaka under Ozaki Shigetaka and later under Suishinshi Masahide. Sukemasa had worked closely with Tokurin, under the direction of the sword-making Tokugawa daimyo Rekko. The son of Sukemasa, Suketomo, continued in the Mitto tradition, and the present sword is attributed to the work of his son, Suketoshi