Koto tanto MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573) Signed (mei): Eiroku sannen hachigatsu hi [eighth month of the third year of Eiroku (1560)] Hakushu Hiroyoshi saku Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune Forge pattern (hada): itame Temper (hamon): o-midare Tip (boshi): kaeri tsuyoshi Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, tanago nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, katesagari yasurime Length (nagasa): 26.1 cm Mounting (koshira-e): Tsuba: Nagamaru gata made of iron, inlaid with gilded copper and shibuichi of flowers. Signed with a kao. Fuchi kashira en suite : in shibuichi with gilded copper inlaid decoration of dragons on a nanako background Kojiri : in gilded copper in katakiri bori of a hedge Kogatana : kozuka in shibuichi inlaid with gilded copper of a dragon with the pearl. The blade signed Omi FujiwaraYukimitsu. Habaki : in 18k gold with stripes pattern Menuki : in gilded copper in the shape of dragons and ken Kurikata : in shibuichi inlaid with gilded copper of a dragon among clouds on a nanako background Scabbard (saya) : ringed in brown-black lacquer Provenance : old sale number 688