KATANA

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KATANA:	KA052.
Mei:		Bitchu (no) Kami Tachibana YASUHIRO, Settsu province.
		KIKU MON
Kanteisho:	HOZON TOKEN N.B.T.H.K. Kanteisho.
Date kanteisho:	Heisei, 18th Year, 1st Month, 13nd Day.
Period:		17th century, Shinto, 1661.
		The Kanteisho confirms the mei as Tachibana YASUHIRO.  
		See also Hawley, YA 381. S298
Nagasa:	Length 69,2 cm.
Sugata:		Shinogi zukuri, iori mune, chu kissaki.
Kitae:		Itame hada, ko itame hada.
Hamon:		Irregular Choji patterns, Yo, Sunagashi.   
Boshi:		Ko-maru, nie.
Nakago:	Ubu nakago, yasuri me katesagari, 6 kanji characters, with KIKU mon
		Kengyo end, 1 mekugi-ana.  
Price:		€  8.900,-- 
		

KOSHIRAE:	
Saya:		Old black/brown urushi saya.
Habaki:		Single habaki, copper with gold foil. 
		Seppa, copper.
Fuchi/kashira:	Handachi style, steel. 
		Old tsukamaki, some weak spots in the silk.  
Menuki:		Gold color, Long dragons.
Tsuba:		Mumei, steel, marugata, 

Bitchu (no) Kami Tachibana YASUHIRO is regarded a 
CHU-JO SAKU  sword smith.  中 上 作
		
Sword comes in shirasaya and koshirae. 
Good Japanese polish, with sword bags.

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