Shinshinto Toshimitsu Katana

Signature: 金崎天龍子源寿光

Late Edo period

NBTHK Hozon Tōken as “Bizen, late Edo Period” (備前時代江戸後期)

 

Nagasa [lenght]: 62.6 cm

Motohaba: 3.2 cm, sakihaba: 2.2 cm

Sori: 1 cm

Sugata [configuration]: shinogi–zukuri, shallow tori–zori, iori–mune, chu–kissaki (3 cm)

Kitae [forging pattern]: tight itame hada toward nashiji hada

Hamon [tempering pattern]: choji midare; ashi

Bōshi [point]: ko-maru

Nakago [tang]: ubu, kurijiri, ō-sujikai yasurime; one mekugi–ana; mei: “Kanesaki Tenryushi Minamoto Toshimitsu”

Koshirae: The sword is accompanied by a good koshirae from the Edo period. The tsuba with a NBTHK certification with attribution to Morikuni