A Hizen tachi | Signed Hizen kuni ju Daijo Fujiwara Yoshihiro | Edo period, 17th century

The Property of a Gentleman

A Hizen tachi 

Signed Hizen kuni ju Daijo Fujiwara Yoshihiro

Edo period, 17^th century 

Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, shallow tori-zori, wide mihaba, extended chu-kissaki 

Kitae [forging pattern]: Tight ko-mokume jihada

Hamon [tempering pattern]: Suguha in nie-deki

Boshi [tip]: Wide hamon and long kaeri

Nakago [tang]: Ubu, with one mekugi-ana, ha-agari, yoko yasurime, signed Hizen kuni ju Daijo Fujiwara Yoshihiro 

In a shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 70.7 cm., 27⅞ in.

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.1 cm., ⅞ in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3 cm., 1¼ in.