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Katana : Bishu Ju Masayasu Kitae No

Ordering number : 14587

Katana in Koshirae

Signature : Bishu Ju Masayasu Kitae No

The blade was polished.
Blade length : 64.5 cm or 25.39 inches.
Sori : 1.0 cm or 0.39 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 2.93 cm or 1.15 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.13 cm or 0.83 inches.
Kasane : 0.73 cm or 0.28 inches.
Era : Showa period.
Shape : Wide and thick blade.
Jitetsu : Ko-Itame Hada well grained. Muji fu.
Hamon : Nie Deki Ko-Gunome Midare. In Ha, there are Sunagashi and Kinsuji.

Special feature : Masayasu was a member of army sword maker which was ordered by Japanese army.
His real name is Mano Masayasu.
He worked in Aichi prefecture. This blade is wide and thick.
There are slight hakobore flaw at the kissaki area

Koshirae :
Tsuba : Round shape iron Tsuba, landscape is engraved.
Fuchikashira : Shibuichi plate, Shishi dog is engraved with gold color.
Saya : Black Roiro Saya.
Menuki : Shakudo, tiger is engraved.

Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price : 250,000 JPY- (including shipping and 100% insurance fee)


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