Shinshinto wakizashi
19th century period
Signed (mei): Dated Kaei gonen nigatsu hi [one day of the second month of the fifth year of the Kaei era (1852)] and signed Shojijirotaro Naokatsu
Blade (sugata): Hira zukuri, iori mune, gomabashi on one side, horimono depicting a dragon holding the pearl on the other
Forge pattern (hada): itame
Temper (hamon): gonome midare
Tip (boshi): kaeri tsuyoshi
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, kurijiri nakagojiri, un mekugi ana, kesho yasurime
Length (nagasa): 31.6 cm
Mounting (koshira-e):
Fuchi kashira koiguchi, kojiri, kurikata: en suite, in iron with inlaid shibuichi, suaka and gilt copper decoration of stylized clouds. Fuchi signed Oyama
Kogatana and kogai : in suite, in iron with inlaid shibuichi and gilded copper decoration of stylized flowers and tendrils. Blade signed Izumi no kami Kinmichi
Menuki : in shibuichi with tama in the clouds
Scabbard (saya) : in matt black lacquer with granular effect, opening in inome
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