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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