A KATANA IN BLACK LACQUERED SAYA
A KATANA IN BLACK LACQUERED SAYA
Sugata (configuration): shallow shinogi-zukuri (with a raised ridge), tori-zori (even curve)
Kitae (forging pattern): details obscured by rubbing
Hamon (tempering pattern): details obscured by rubbing
Nakago (tang): ubu (unaltered) with a copper rim and a profuse floral decoration, with a faint illegible inscription under the single mekugi-ana (peg hole), kengyo-jiri (pointed tip)
Nagasa (length): 70.2 cm
Koshirae: saya (scabbard) with gold lacquered cherry blossom decoration, tsuka (handle) with silver fuchi-kashira (decorations at top and bottom of the handle) and black ito (thread) over white samé (ray skin), round tsuba (hand guard) with a copper rim and a profuse but subdued floral decoration
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A KATANA IN BLACK LACQUERED SAYA
Sugata (configuration): shallow shinogi-zukuri (with a raised ridge), tori-zori (even curve)
Kitae (forging pattern): details obscured by rubbing
Hamon (tempering pattern): details obscured by rubbing
Nakago (tang): ubu (unaltered) with a copper rim and a profuse floral decoration, with a faint illegible inscription under the single mekugi-ana (peg hole), kengyo-jiri (pointed tip)
Nagasa (length): 70.2 cm
Koshirae: saya (scabbard) with gold lacquered cherry blossom decoration, tsuka (handle) with silver fuchi-kashira (decorations at top and bottom of the handle) and black ito (thread) over white samé (ray skin), round tsuba (hand guard) with a copper rim and a profuse but subdued floral decoration
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