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