A KII PROVINCE KATANA
SIGNED KII NO KUNI TOMIICHI YASUHIRO, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY); KOSHIRAE MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH - Early 20th Century)
Details
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, koshi-zori, chu-kissaki, yorimune Kitae [forging pattern]: ko-mokume hada with some jinie Hamon [tempering pattern]: choji-gunome, nie and nioi, many ashi Boshi [tip]: ko-maru Nakago [tang]: ubu, ha-agari, kuri-jiri with suji-chigai yasuri, single mekugi-ana Habaki [collar]: copper Koshirae [mounting]: the blade in shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]; a red lacquered scabbard with an associated group of fittings including fuchi-kashira of dragonflies in coloured metals, round iron tsuba with gilt level inlaid dragonflies signed Mitsumasa saku, tsuba and fuchi-kashira Higo school 66.6 cm. long (blade); 103 cm. long (koshirae) Machi-haba and saki-haba (blade width at two separate points): 3.2 cm. (machi) and 2.1 cm. (saki)
