Description
Koto Tanto MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573) Unsigned (mumei) Blade (sugata): kanmuri otoshi zukuri, iori mune, naginata-hi Forging pattern (hada): masame Tempering (hamon): suguha Tip (boshi): ko-maru sagari Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, tanago nakagojiri, un mekugi ana, sujikai yasurime Length (nagasa): 21.8 cm Mount (koshira-e) in aikuchi Without mounts Scabbard (saya): in black lacquer with gold lacquer hiramaki-e decoration of môn Provenance: believed to have been bought from Yoshio Aoyama (1894-1996) around 1927
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Koto Tanto MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573) Unsigned (mumei) Blade (sugata): kanmuri otoshi zukuri, iori mune, naginata-hi Forging pattern (hada): masame Tempering (hamon): suguha Tip (boshi): ko-maru sagari Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, tanago nakagojiri, un mekugi ana, sujikai yasurime Length (nagasa): 21.8 cm Mount (koshira-e) in aikuchi Without mounts Scabbard (saya): in black lacquer with gold lacquer hiramaki-e decoration of môn Provenance: believed to have been bought from Yoshio Aoyama (1894-1996) around 1927