A katana | Signed Mondo no sho Masakiyo and aoi mon [wild ginger leaf crest] | Edo period, dated Kyoho jusannen hachigatsu (8th month 1728)

A katana

Signed Mondo no sho Masakiyo and aoi mon [wild ginger leaf crest]

Edo period, dated Kyoho jusannen hachigatsu (8^th month 1728)

Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, mihaba is fairly wide, with a difference in the width of the moto and saki, there is a hint of funbari, with a shallow sori, slightly elongated chu-kissaki

Kitae [forging pattern]: tight ko-itame, mixed with moku and nagare-hada, thick jinie mixed with ara-nie, abundant chikei

Hamon [tempering pattern]: gonome, ko-gonome, togari-ba mixed in with ko-notare, ashi-iri, overall it is nioi-fukaku (wide), with abundant thick nie, ara-nie mixed in with clusters of nie, a yubashiri style frequently appears in the heads of the yaki with a nijuba style exhibited here and there, long nie suji and sunagashi are applied, there is kinsuji and the nioi-guchi is bright and clear

Boshi [tip]: becomes yakizume style with a touch of suguha, the saki is hikkake, and a nie-suji style is applied

Nakago [tang]: ubu, the saki is a narrow, slightly ha-agari kurijiri, the yasurime is katte sagari, two mekugi ana

Habaki [collar]: copper-gilt, double clad

In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]

Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 74.3 cm., 29¼ in.

Sori [curvature]: 1.2 cm., ½ in.

Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.2 cm., ⅞ in.

Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.2 cm., ¼ in.

Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Juyo Token [Important Sword], no.10028 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 8 (1996).