A Shinto katana | Signed Kaga no kami Fujiwara Sadahiro | Edo period, 17th century

The Property of an English Collector

A Shinto katana 

Signed Kaga no kami Fujiwara Sadahiro

Edo period, 17^th century 

Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori, iori-mune, chu-kissaki

Kitae [forging pattern]: Tight ko-mokume

Hamon [tempering pattern]: Wide suguha

Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with kaeri

Nakago [tang]: Ubu, kengyo-jiri, with one mekugi-ana, signed Kaga no kami Fujiwara Sadahiro

Habaki [collar]: Silver 

In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] 

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 71.2 cm., 28 in. 

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.1 cm., ⅞ in. 

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.3 cm., 1¼ in.