A CHIKUSHU TANTO
SIGNED KITAERU CHIKUE SATETSU, AND KURUME JU SUKETOSHI, DATED KEIO YONEN NIGATSU HI (1868); KOSHIRAE MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
Sugata [configuration]: hira-zukuri, mu-zori, iori-mune Kitae [forging pattern]: muji-hada Hamon [tempering pattern]: narrow suguha in ko-nie Boshi [tip]: sugu-ha, ko-maru, kaeri Nakago [tang]: ubu, two mekugi-ana, kuri-jiri with very slight ha-agari, yoko-yasuri Habaki [collar]: silver clad Koshirae [mounting]: the blade in shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]; an aikuchi koshirae with black lacquered scabbard, gold lacquer opposed cranes mon [family crests], matching shibuichi [copper-silver alloy] fittings and kozuka carved with sea waves and spray in Omori style, the mekugi with gilt opposed cranes, with tsunagi 25 cm. long (blade); 38.2 cm. long (koshirae) Machi-haba (blade width at the bottom): 2.4 cm.
