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Tachi :Touto Takasago Ju Yoshihito saku

Ordering number : 12368

Tachi in Shirasaya with box

Signature:Touto Takasago Ju Yoshihito saku.
Heisei Kanotomi 2gatsu kichi jitsu (February 2001)

Hakogaki in box:Touto Takasago Jyu Yoshindo Saku nagasa 2syaku 5sun 1bu Sori7bu 8 rin ari Heisei 15Nen 11 Gatsu 6 Hi Kokaji Yoshindo shi no. Heisei kanoto mi 2 gatsu Kichijitsu.

The blade was polished.
Habaki : Gold foiled single habaki.
Blade length : 76.3 cm or 30.03 inches.
Sori : 2.6 cm or 1.02 inches.
Mekugi : 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.26 cm or 1.28 inches.
Width at the Kissaki : 2.36 cm or 0.92 inches.
Kasane : 0.74 cm or 0.29 inches.
Era : Gendai.
Shape : The blade is rather wide and thick with deep sori nice looking shape.
Jitetsu : Koitame and komokume mixed nice grained beautiful texture.
Hamon : Konie deck gunome and cyoji modare hamon mix with ash up and down.
Boshi is midarekomi and turns back sharply.

Special feature : Yoshindo was born at Syowa 19th and right now 69 years of age.
He made some swords at USA .
Metropolitan Museum and Boston Museam bought ifs swords and
he was made as honorary citizen at Texas dallas.
He also published some sword books in English.
At syowa 47th He got the prize of Takamatsu miya prize and other prizes.
At Syowa 57 He became Mukansa sword maker.
After that He becane a member of Sinsaku Meito exhibition judge member.
He insist to make Japanese swords by old style avoiding machine hummer.
He always making swords by man power with his student(dish).
This sword is Kanemitsu utsushi marvelous top ranking wordsmith in Japan.

Wood box : Touto Takasago Ju Yoshihito saku.
Heisei Kanotomi 2gatsu kichi jitsu (February 2001)
Hakogaki in box : Touto Takasago Jyu Yoshindo Saku nagasa 2syaku 5sun 1bu Sori7bu 8 rin ari Heisei 15Nen 11 Gatsu 6 Hi Kokaji Yoshindo shi no. Heisei kanoto mi 2gatsu Kichijitsu.

Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.
with box.

Price (credit card) : JPY 1,800,000-.
Price (bank transfer) : JPY 1,770,000-. (Would you please pay bank transfer fee.)
(including shipping and 100% insurance fee)


-Katana