A KATANA, SIGNED KUNISUGU, EDO PERIOD | 17TH CENTURY

A KATANA, SIGNED KUNISUGU, EDO PERIOD, 17^TH CENTURY

the nakago [tang] is signed Kunitsugu, the condition prevents a detailed description of the blade, however it has a deep tori-zori, the han-dachi koshirae is of red lacquer depicting a moonlit landscape with mythological creatures, the tsuka has leather ito over white same

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 61.8 cm., 24^3/8  in.

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.2 cm., ^3/8 in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.9 cm., 1^1/8 in.