Koto tachi
MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573)
Signed (orikaeshi mei): Izumi (no) Kami Kanesada hitsu
Blade (sugata): shinogi zukuri, iori mune, ko kissaki
Forging pattern (hada): itame
Tempering (hamon): choji with yo
Tip (boshi): hakikake
Spindle (nakago): o-suriage keitai, kiri nakagojiri, three mekugi ana (two of which are older and recapped) taka no ha yasurime
Length (nagasa): 69.9 cm
Scabbard (saya): shirasaya
Old expertise of Ryosodo Masasada confirming the Kanesada signature and dating the blade to 1508
Provenance :
- sale by Me Lair-Dubreuil, Drouot, 8-9 March 1926, n°278
- would have been bought from Yoshio Aoyama (1894-1996) around 1926 16
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