A YAMASHIRO UMETADA STYLE TANTO EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1625), INSCRIBED UMETADA YOSHINOBU Configuration ( sugata ): of flat, wedge section ( hira-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) length ( nagasa ): 7 sun (21.2 cm.); carving ( horimono ): inside ( ura ): futatsu-ji hi ; outside ( omote ): dragon disputing a pearl. Forging pattern ( jihada ): open wood grain ( itame ). Tempering pattern ( hamon ): medium suguba in ko-nie . Point ( boshi ): small roumded brushed tip ( ko-maru hakikake ). Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): regular, tapering, ubu and with a moist, brown patina; file marks ( yasurime ): horizontal ( kiri-yasuri ); end ( nakagojiri ): ha-agari kuri-jiri ; holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( katanamei ): Umetada Yoshinobu . Shirasaya . Silk storage bag.
A YAMASHIRO UMETADA STYLE TANTO EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1625), INSCRIBED UMETADA YOSHINOBU Configuration ( sugata ): of flat, wedge section ( hira-zukuri ), shallow peaked back ( iori-mune ) length ( nagasa ): 7 sun (21.2 cm.); carving ( horimono ): inside ( ura ): futatsu-ji hi ; outside ( omote ): dragon disputing a pearl. Forging pattern ( jihada ): open wood grain ( itame ). Tempering pattern ( hamon ): medium suguba in ko-nie . Point ( boshi ): small roumded brushed tip ( ko-maru hakikake ). Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): regular, tapering, ubu and with a moist, brown patina; file marks ( yasurime ): horizontal ( kiri-yasuri ); end ( nakagojiri ): ha-agari kuri-jiri ; holes ( mekugi-ana ): one; signature ( katanamei ): Umetada Yoshinobu . Shirasaya . Silk storage bag.
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