EARLY SHINTO FUKURO YARI, PROBABLY CHIKUZEN EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED KUNITSUGU Configuration ( sugata ): fukuro (socket) yari ; length ( nagasa ): 8 sun , 8 bu (26.5 cm.) overall; carving ( horimono ): goma-bashi and bonji on either side. Forging pattern ( jihada ): tightly compacted wood grain ( ko-itame ) and with an hasamidashi (horizontal cutting edge crack) . Tempering pattern ( hamon ): medium suguba in nie and nioi . Point ( boshi ): pointed. Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): fukuro (socket) and gilded; signature ( mei ): Kunitsugu Gilded sabiagatakamaki-e saya ; truncated wood shaft.
EARLY SHINTO FUKURO YARI, PROBABLY CHIKUZEN EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), SIGNED KUNITSUGU Configuration ( sugata ): fukuro (socket) yari ; length ( nagasa ): 8 sun , 8 bu (26.5 cm.) overall; carving ( horimono ): goma-bashi and bonji on either side. Forging pattern ( jihada ): tightly compacted wood grain ( ko-itame ) and with an hasamidashi (horizontal cutting edge crack) . Tempering pattern ( hamon ): medium suguba in nie and nioi . Point ( boshi ): pointed. Tang ( nakago ). Shape ( keitai ): fukuro (socket) and gilded; signature ( mei ): Kunitsugu Gilded sabiagatakamaki-e saya ; truncated wood shaft.
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