Wakizashi signed Hoshu ju cut, 18.75 inch most likely late koto. This splendid wakizashi has boshi with Kaen to Nie kuzure and a hamon of very regular hilly gunome by the ha-machi to a sugu-gunome with lots of nie at the middle of the blade. Bungo province produced many great smiths like Yukihira during the Koto period to the members of the Takada school founded by Tomoyuki in the Nanbokucho period. The blade seems to be late koto to early Shinto so might be by the late koto Yukinaga This mounted blade has very good dragon fuchi/kashira and a tsuba signed Kinai saku. Asking $1200 inventory 10/01/11B David McDonald jswords@mcn.net

 

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