A MINO SHINSHINTO KATANA, LATE EDO PERIOD

A MINO SHINSHINTO KATANA, LATE EDO PERIOD Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri, wide mi-haba, shallow tori-zori and o-kissaki Kitae (forging pattern): Muji-hada Hamon (tempering pattern): Togari-ba, approaching sanbon-tsuji in ko-nie Boshi (tip): O-maru Nakago (tang): One mekugi-ana, kuri-jiri and mumei Nagasa (length): 64 cm Saki-haba (width at the yokote): 2.4 cm Moto-haba (width at the machi): 3.2 cm Koshirae: A black lacquered saya (some damage), the tsuka has black ito over white samé. The fuchi-kashira, ko-jiri and the tsuba are all of rough iron