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Gunto Katana

Katana : No-syu Seki Jyu 23rd Fujiwara Kanefusa Saku No

2017/01/03

Katana in Koshirae.
Signature : No-syu Seki Jyu 23rd Fujiwara Kanefusa Saku No.

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyojyo saku, Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword Fujiwara Kanefusa belongs to regular saku ranking.

The blade was polished.
Blade length : 65.3 cm or 25.71 inches.
Sori : 1.4 cm or 0.55 inches.
Mekugi : 1 
Width at the hamachi : 3.20 cm or 1.25 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.29 cm or 0.90 inches.
Kasane : 0.65 cm or 0.25 inches.
Era : Syowa era.
Shape : The blade is wide and thick healthy blade.
Jigane : Muji style.
Hamon : Nioideki gunome midare hamon.

Special feature : No-syu Seki Jyu 23rd Fujiwara Kanefusa got the prize of Nyusen, Yusyu syo prize and so on.
This blade has a seki stamp on the upper part of the signatre.
So this sword was made as mass productive item.

Koshirae : Navy gunto mounting. Good condition sharkskin mounting.

Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

Price : JPY 330,000-.


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