A Shinto katana | Signed Iga no kami Fujiwara Sadatsugu | Edo period, 17th century

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A Shinto katana 

Signed Iga no kami Fujiwara Sadatsugu 

Edo period, 17^th century 

Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, very shallow tori-zori almost mu-zori, iori-mune, chu-kissaki

Kitae [forging pattern]: Muji-hada

Hamon [tempering pattern]: Gunome midare with long yakidashi, some ashi

Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with kaeri

Nakago [tang]: Ubu, kengyo-jiri, osujikai yasuri, with one mekugi-ana, the katana-mei signed Iga no kami Fujiwara Sadatsugu 

Habaki [collar]: Silver

Koshirae [mount]: The koshirae of red and black lacquer, with fuchi-kashira and menuki, green ito, iron mokko-gata tsuba

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 75.2 cm., 29⅝ in. 

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2 cm., ¾ in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.2 cm., 1¼ in.

The koshirae: 104 cm., 41 in.