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Ordering number : 08537

Katana in Shirasaya

Signature: Nihontou Gakuin ni oite Kurihara Akihide tsukuru
Showa 17 nen 4 gatsu Kichizitsu (April,1942)

The blade was polished .
Blade length : 60.9 cm or 23.97 inches.
Sori : 1.6 cm or 0.62 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi : 3.24 cm or 1.27 inches.
Wide at the Kissaki : 2.25 cm or 0.88 inches.
Kasane : 0.68 cm or 0.26 inches.
Era : Gendai. Showa era. (1942)
Shape : This blade is regular sized Katana with good sori. The shape is very nice.
Jitetsu :Koitame hada well grained with Jinie and Chikei attach. And Utsruri appear.
Hamon : Nioideki Kogunome midare. In Ha, there are many Ashi.

Special feature : Kurihara Akihide, known as Kurihara Hikosaburo was
born at Sano in Tochigi pref. in 1879. He learned under Inagaki Masanori the Second
and Horii Taneaki clan. Akihide established Nihon-to Tanren Denshusho
at Akasaka in Tokyo and made efforts to train modern swordsmiths 50
strong include Amada Akitsugu, Akimoto Akitomo and Miyairi Akihira.
Akihide also went into politics as a member of the House of Representatives for Tochigi Pref.
He passed away in 1954, aged 76.

Aoi Art estimation paper : whole Oshigata.

 

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