School : Owari
Motif design : 4 Ken (Ken-sword blade)
Paper / certificate : NTHK & papered to very early Edo Owari
Jidai (era) : early Edo period very ealy ca. 1600’s (border end-Momoyama to very early stage of Edo period )
Material : very well forged & finely carved beautiful iron with a very fine & very elegant well balanced symmetrical
composition in sukashi / cut-out in to the space, with a rich & silky-wet deep dark chocolate brown patina, &
the Tsuba exhibit some very nice & beautiful flowing lamination & tekkotsu from the forging all around the mimi / edge
Very good & fine iron, a very beautiful & very elegant strong workmanship !
Sizes : 7.0 cm or 2-3/4″ in diameter x 5.6 mm thick
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