A MINO SEKI KANENAGA KATANA EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1640), SIGNED TOCHIO (NO) JU FUJIWARA KANENAGA Configuration ( sugata ): with longitudinal ridge line ( shinogi-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) and medium point ( chu-kissaki ); length ( nagasa ): 2 shaku , 3 sun , 7 bu (71.8 cm.); curvature ( sori ): koshi-zori of 1.5 cm.; decrease in width of blade ( fumbari ): 1.1 cm. Forging pattern ( jihada ): wood and straight wood grains ( itame masame ). Tempering pattern ( hamon ): irregular invections ( gonome midare ) in nie and with extensive 'swept sands' ( sunagashi ) filling most areas of lower convexity, ending in a yaki-dashi at the hamachi . Point ( boshi ): brushed tip ( hakikake ) with extremely long kaeri on the outside. Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): slender, tapering, ubu , with a pitted surface and a dry-brown patina; file marks ( yasurime ): sloping ( sujikai ); end ( nakagojiri ): ha-agari kuri-jiri ; holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( katanamei ): Tochio (no) ju Fujiwara Kanenaga ; inside ( ura ): rokujugo-sai (age 65). Black lacquer saya decorated with autumn grasses in fundame hiramaki-e .
A MINO SEKI KANENAGA KATANA EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1640), SIGNED TOCHIO (NO) JU FUJIWARA KANENAGA Configuration ( sugata ): with longitudinal ridge line ( shinogi-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) and medium point ( chu-kissaki ); length ( nagasa ): 2 shaku , 3 sun , 7 bu (71.8 cm.); curvature ( sori ): koshi-zori of 1.5 cm.; decrease in width of blade ( fumbari ): 1.1 cm. Forging pattern ( jihada ): wood and straight wood grains ( itame masame ). Tempering pattern ( hamon ): irregular invections ( gonome midare ) in nie and with extensive 'swept sands' ( sunagashi ) filling most areas of lower convexity, ending in a yaki-dashi at the hamachi . Point ( boshi ): brushed tip ( hakikake ) with extremely long kaeri on the outside. Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): slender, tapering, ubu , with a pitted surface and a dry-brown patina; file marks ( yasurime ): sloping ( sujikai ); end ( nakagojiri ): ha-agari kuri-jiri ; holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( katanamei ): Tochio (no) ju Fujiwara Kanenaga ; inside ( ura ): rokujugo-sai (age 65). Black lacquer saya decorated with autumn grasses in fundame hiramaki-e .
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