A Shinto katana| Signed Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi | Edo period, dated Enko kyunen nigatsu (February 1681)

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A Shinto katana 

Signed Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi

Edo period, dated Enko kyunen nigatsu (February 1681)

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

Hamon [tempering pattern]: Narrow ko-midare in nioi-deki

Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru, small kaeri

Nakago [tang]: Ubu, ha-agiri, kuri-jiri, yoko yasurime, signed Mutsu Daijo Miyoshi Nagamichi, dated Enko kyunen nigatsu (February 1681)

Habaki [collar]: Copper-gilt  

Koshirae [mount]: The koshirae of black lacquer, kaeri-tsuno, with fuchi-kashira, the mokko-iron tsuba of a pavilion landscape is mumei

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 70.8 cm., 27⅞ in.

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.7 cm., ¾ in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.8 cm., 1⅛ in. 

The koshirae: 101 cm., 40 in.