拍品專文
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as a Tokubetsu Kicho Token [Especially Valuable Sword] no. 148659 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword] on 9th August 2003
Harukuni is the early name of the second generation Harima no kami Tadakuni. He adopted the name Tadakuni following his father's retirement, receiving the honorific title Kazusa daijo in 1655, and the right to carve a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum on his swords. The smith sometime used nanban tetsu [imported iron], and would record this, sometimes together with the forging method used. On this sword the inscription shin gitae (wo) motte kore (wo) tsukuru indicates one such forging method.
Harukuni is the early name of the second generation Harima no kami Tadakuni. He adopted the name Tadakuni following his father's retirement, receiving the honorific title Kazusa daijo in 1655, and the right to carve a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum on his swords. The smith sometime used nanban tetsu [imported iron], and would record this, sometimes together with the forging method used. On this sword the inscription shin gitae (wo) motte kore (wo) tsukuru indicates one such forging method.