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A Heianjo Wakizashi
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED HEIANJO JU YOSHIHIRA SAKU AND WITH GOLD-INLAID CUTTING TEST INSCRIPTION FUTATSU DO HIDARI TE UCHI AND ILLEGIBLE NAME OF THE TESTER
A Heianjo Wakizashi Edo period (17th century), signed Heianjo ju Yoshihira saku and with gold-inlaid cutting test inscription Futatsu do hidari te uchi and illegible name of the tester Sugata [configuration]: hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, torii-zori Kitae [forging pattern]: closely packed ko-itame with hints of mokume of jinie Hamon [tempering pattern]: suguha gunome in nioi and nie with kinsuji and sunagashi Boshi [tip]: ko-maru, hakikake Horimono [carving]: Bishamonten on the omote , bonji on the ura Nakago [tang]: ubu with two holes and kiri file marks Habaki [collar]: double, silver and gold with floral motif and "cat-scratch" pattern Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 18in. (45.8cm.) long Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) Sakihaba [width before tip]: 1in. (2.5cm.) In shirasaya [plain wood storage scabbard] with additional scabbard with inscription by Hon'ami Mitsuyuki With a Tokubetsu kicho token (Sword especially worthy of preserving) certificate no. 18315 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 1956.4.13 With an oshigata by Hon'ami Mitsuyuki signed Hon'ami Mitsuyuki and kao and dated 1961.8.16, mounted as a hanging scroll