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Shinogi zukuri blade (Nagasa 37.6 cm); hamon: ko midare gunome; hada barely visible. Blade of good manufacture that deserves proper cleaning. Nagako mei: Hoki no Kami Fujiwara Nobu Taka, a mekugi-ana. Silver-plated copper habaki. Koshirae with iron tsuba tate-maru-gata decorated in ke-bori, the rim with blackened copper ring; beautiful fuchi and kashira in shakudo with surface decorated with scrolls and gold dots; missing menuki. Wooden saya covered in ray skin (small missing part). Beautiful kurigata worked with scrolls and birds in gold and silver. Beautiful copper kozuka decorated with birds and baskets, partially gilded, kogatana mei. Shinto period, circa 1630.