Koto tachi MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573) Signed (orikaeshi mei): Izumi (no) Kami Kanesada hitsu Blade (sugata): shinogi zukuri, iori mune, ko kissaki Forging pattern (hada): itame Tempering (hamon): choji with yo Tip (boshi): hakikake Spindle (nakago): o-suriage keitai, kiri nakagojiri, three mekugi ana (two of which are older and recapped) taka no ha yasurime Length (nagasa): 69.9 cm Scabbard (saya): shirasaya Old expertise of Ryosodo Masasada confirming the Kanesada signature and dating the blade to 1508 Provenance : - sale by Me Lair-Dubreuil, Drouot, 8-9 March 1926, n°278 - would have been bought from Yoshio Aoyama (1894-1996) around 1926 16

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