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Tanto - Tadamasa - Shirasaya Koshirae - Ubu Nakago - Shinshinto Era - Miyazaki 17782

¥140,000 ¥165,000

A very well preserved, clean and small tanto has arrived.

The hada is a well-packed koitame with very visible chikei. The hamon is a notare style suguha with gunome mixed in, and the nie is very bright. This dagger is thick for its length and is more of a yoroidoshi-like dagger. The name Hosokawa Tadamasa is engraved on the nakago.

Hosokawa Tadamasa is the grandson of Hosokawa Masayoshi, a master swordsmith of the late Edo period, whose father, also named Tadayoshi, was a swordsmith in the service of the Sakura clan.

We are offering this item at a very reasonable price, so don't miss this opportunity!

  • Blade length: 19.0 cm
  • Curvature:0.0 cm
  • Number of Mekugi hole: 1
  • Motohaba: 25.4 mm
  • Motokasane: 7.4 mm
  • Signature: Hosokawa Tadamasa Saku(front), [illegible]Ninen Hachigatsu-bi(back)
  • Era: Shinshinto
  • Structure: Hira-zukuri
  • Jitetsu: Ko-itame
  • Hamon: Suguha
  • Boshi: Massugu Haitte O-maru ni Kaeru
  • Weight(blade only): 150 g
  • Nakago: Ubu
  • Original Registration No.: Miyazaki 17782

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