Gunto in army Koshirae(NBTHK Hozon Paper)

Signature:Gokoku
Hizen no kuni Mitsuhiro.

The blade was polished .
Blade length : 68.4 cm or 26.92 inches.
Sori : 1.8 cm or 0.70 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.12 cm or 1.22 inches.
Wide at the Kissaki : 2.22 cm or 0.87 inches.
Kasane : 0.71 cm or 0.27 inches.
Era : Showa era.
Shape : Wide and thick Katana. Shape is very massive.
Jitetsu : Koitame hada well grained and looks like a Muji hada.
Hamon : Niedeki Kogunome midare. In Ha, there are much Ashi and Yo.

Special feature : Mitsuhiro was swordsmith in Saga province.
He was called Yamaguchi Fukutaro. Mitsuhiro became a jumei-tosho of Japanese army. Mitsuhiro learned under Kurihara Akihide.
He was born in 1898.

This blade was made as Utsushi (copy) of around Rai school.
The blade is wide and healthy.

Koshirae : Army Koshirae.
(Tsuba has openwork, therefore this Koshirae was made in ealry times of Gunto. )

NBTHK Hozon Paper
Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.