AN ITO MAKI NO TACHI
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
Sugata [configuration]: kogarasu-maru, slender with tori-zori Kitae [forging pattern]: muji-hada Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome midare, nie and nioi Boshi [tip]: o-maru Nakago [tang]: ubu, single mekugi-ana, mumei Habaki [collar]: silvered Horimono [carving]: bohi and sohi Koshirae [mounting]: a gold nashiji [sprinkled-gold lacquered] scabbard with gold lacquered kiri mon [paulownia family crests], metal fittings with shakudo nanako ground, menuki of gilt triple kiri mon 66 cm. long (blade); 101 cm. long (koshirae) Machi-haba and saki-haba (blade width at two separate points): 2.7 cm. (machi) and 1.5 cm. (saki)
