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Description: | inscription, engraving, Japanese characters on tang, Bishu Osafune Ju Kanemitsu
inscription, engraving, Japanese characters on tang, 8th month of the 3rd year of koji
Steel blade, broad, curved, tapering, grooved and single-edged. Blade length 16 inches. Suguba yakiba with masama (five straight lines) and niye (dark spots), signed tang and single tang hole. Copper habaki covered in gold, bottom half engraved with diagonal lines. Japanese, 1557 (20 May).
image | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.science&industry.285214 | Go to resource |
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