Description:

Japanese Sword (Katana)
Unsigned, Edo Period, 19th Century


Configuration (sugata): slightly curved with shallow peak back (iori-mune), and medium point (chu-kissaki)
Forging pattern (ji-hada): very fine grained wood pattern (itame)
Tempering pattern (hamon): irregular invections (gonome-midare) in nie and with 'swept sands' (sunagashi) and loose clouds of nie
Tang (nakago): tapering with curving end (ubu); file marks (yasuri mei): slanted (katte-sagari); holes (mekugi ana): one; signature (mei): none.
Together with an inscribed wood shira-saya.
Length (nagasa): 25-3/8 in (64.4 cm)Property of Various Owners

    Condition:
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December 5, 2014 10:00 AM EST
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