KOTO wakizashi katana sword with scabbard, circa 1558r, Japan. Description according to expert Arkadiusz Kultucki: blade preserved in excellent condition, well visible hada and hamon, in old original polish.
Attribution - Bizen Osafune school, from Bizen province. Tadamitsu smith.
Blade:
Construction - shinogi zukuri takashi
Back - mune hikushi,
hada - (pattern of steel forging) - itame,
hamon - hartu line -suguha,
nakago (shank) Ubu - unshortened, two holes nakagoana.
Nagasa (blade length) - 57.5 cm.
Sori (curvature) 15 mm.
Moto haba (width) - 29 mm.
Mei (signature) - Tadamitsu.
Koshirae- (binding) made of Japanese magnolia.
Copper haba, one-piece.
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