- 1107
A tachi blade, Ko-Aoi school, 13th century
Estimate
18,000 - 24,000 GBP
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Description
of deep koshi-zori, shinogi-zukuri with ko-kissaki, suguba of nioi with yo and ashi, some ko-nie towards the ko-maru boshi with small turn back, some midare-utsuri in the mokume-hada, nakago with faint o-sujikai yasuri and one mekugi-ana, mumei, 81.7cm., 32 1/8 in., sori (curve) 3.4cm., 1 3/8 in.; in shirasaya
Literature
A certificate of the 27th Juyo token (Important Sword), No. 6857, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword), dated 8th September, 1980, accompanies the blade