A SHINTO KATANA, SIGNED HIZEN KUNI JU OMI DAIJYO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO, EDO PERIOD | 17TH CENTURY

A SHINTO KATANA, SIGNED HIZEN KUNI JU OMI DAIJYO FUJIWARA TADAHIRO, EDO PERIOD, 17^TH CENTURY

Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori and chu-kissaki

Kitae [forging pattern]: Mokume-hada, where visible

Hamon [tempering pattern]: Chu-sugaha probably in ko-nie

Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with kaeri

Nakago [tang]: Ubu with one mekugi-ana, kengyo-jiri signed on katana-ura Hizen Kuni ju Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro

Habaki [collar]: copper gilt 

Koshirae [mount]: Shingunto with a leather covered foul-weather saya, officer's tassle

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 69.7 cm., 27^1/2 in.

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.9 cm., ^3/4 in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3 cm 1^1/8 in.