Tanto, consisting of a blade and a koshirae:
\nBlade:
\nShinto period, signed Kanesada
\nBlade type characteristics: hira zukuri, iori mune.
\nForging pattern of the ji: Masame hada
\nTempering: hamon midare
\nTempered point: keri tsuyoshi boshi (abrupt temper return)
\nTang: ubu keitai, nakagojiri of kurijiri type, two mekugi ana, higaki yasurime (stripes on the nakago)
\nlength of the blade (nagasa): 24,6 cm
\nKoshirae:
\nKoshirae of aikuchi type (without tsuba)
\nFuchi kashira, koiguchi, kurigata, kojiri “en suite” in silver with chiselled decoration in low relief and small gilded copper inlaid of clouds and foaming waves mixed.
\nKogatana with blade signed Kanemitsu and kozuka in silver with chiseled decoration in low relief of sakura flowers (Japanese cherry tree) drifting with the current and inlays in tenzogan, as for the fuchi and kashira, of gilded copper dots symbolizing dew drops.
\nWari kogai (kogai separating into two stems that can be used as chopsticks) in silver with the same decoration.
\nSilver menuki representing a kiri (paulownia) flower, mon of the Matsudaira family, on a same (ray skin) background, the rest of the tsuka (handle covered with whalebone).
\nSaya (scabbard) made of wood covered with a brown ringed lacquer with green highlights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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