AN OSAKA SHINTO KATANA

UNSIGNED ATTRIBUTED TO KUNISUKE, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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AN OSAKA SHINTO KATANA
UNSIGNED ATTRIBUTED TO KUNISUKE, Edo Period (17th century)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, even shinto curve, chu-gissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: tight itame hada but indistinctly visible due to condition of blade
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Osaka style yakidashi, and chojiba with ashi and some yo, kobushi-gata choji in places
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru and kaen
Nakago [tang]: sujigai file marks, single mekugi-ana, shallow kurijiri
Habaki [collar]: single copper lightly gilt
Nagasa [length of blade]: 66.5cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: in shirasaya with sayagaki indicating o-suriage by Kunisuke of Settsu

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Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Kicho Token [valuable sword] no. 33375 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword] on 9th April 1957

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