A KATANA ATTRIBUTED TO THE MIHARA SCHOOL OF BINGO NAMBOKUCHO PERIOD (CIRCA 1380) Configuration ( sugata ): with longitudinal ridge line ( shinogi-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) and ikubi-kissaki ; length ( nagasa ): 2 shaku , 3 sun , 4 bu (71.2cm); curvature ( sori ): shallow koshi-zori of 1.0cm.; increase in width of blade ( fumbari ): 1.1cm.; carving ( horimono ): bo-hi on both sides ending in kaki-nagashi deep within the tang. Forging pattern ( jihada ): mokume ko-itame . Tempering pattern ( hamon ): hoso-suguba . Point ( boshi ): large and rounded ( o-maru ) with slight flame-brushed tip ( hakikake ). Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): o-suriage ; file marks ( yasurime ): slanted ( katte-sagari ); end ( nakagojiri ): squared ( kirijiri ); holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( mei ): unsigned ( mumei ). Shirasaya . Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 5504970, dated Showa 55 (1980); and an origami by Honnami Koson, dated Showa 24 (1940), attributing the blade to Enju Kuniyoshi.
A KATANA ATTRIBUTED TO THE MIHARA SCHOOL OF BINGO NAMBOKUCHO PERIOD (CIRCA 1380) Configuration ( sugata ): with longitudinal ridge line ( shinogi-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) and ikubi-kissaki ; length ( nagasa ): 2 shaku , 3 sun , 4 bu (71.2cm); curvature ( sori ): shallow koshi-zori of 1.0cm.; increase in width of blade ( fumbari ): 1.1cm.; carving ( horimono ): bo-hi on both sides ending in kaki-nagashi deep within the tang. Forging pattern ( jihada ): mokume ko-itame . Tempering pattern ( hamon ): hoso-suguba . Point ( boshi ): large and rounded ( o-maru ) with slight flame-brushed tip ( hakikake ). Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): o-suriage ; file marks ( yasurime ): slanted ( katte-sagari ); end ( nakagojiri ): squared ( kirijiri ); holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( mei ): unsigned ( mumei ). Shirasaya . Accompanied by a tokubetsu kicho token certificate issued by the N.B.T.H.K., no. 5504970, dated Showa 55 (1980); and an origami by Honnami Koson, dated Showa 24 (1940), attributing the blade to Enju Kuniyoshi.
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