An Etchu Tachi
Late Kamakura period (13th century), attributed to Norishige
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, shinogi haba slightly narrow with a deep sori
Kitae [forging pattern]: forged in a running itame pattern mixed with mokume and bold hada tachi overall of strong jinie and wide patches of chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gentle notare-gunome midare with hints of ko-choji and copious ashi, nioi and nie and yubashiri concentrated along the habuchi with nijuba, sunagashi and kinsuji
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru hakikake
Horimono [carving]: bo-hi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage, sakigiri, yasurimegiri, four holes, one filled and one partially filled with gold
Habaki [collar]: double, gold
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 27½in. (69.9cm.) Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.)
Sakihaba [width before tip]: 11/16in. (2cm.)
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard] with inscription and signed and sealed by Tanobe Michihiro and dated 2007.10 inscribed
Koshirae [set of mounts]: tachi-goshirae comprising a brown-lacquer saya and tsuka finished to resemble wood and decorated with heraldic crests of bracken ferns and moths in gold and silver takamaki-e and fitted with copper migaki-ji hardware, the rounded-square copper plate tsuba
With a certificate of registration designating this sword as the 14th Tokubetsu juyo token (Especially important sword) no. 591, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 1996.5.29 (2)
An Etchu Tachi
Late Kamakura period (13th century), attributed to Norishige
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, shinogi haba slightly narrow with a deep sori
Kitae [forging pattern]: forged in a running itame pattern mixed with mokume and bold hada tachi overall of strong jinie and wide patches of chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gentle notare-gunome midare with hints of ko-choji and copious ashi, nioi and nie and yubashiri concentrated along the habuchi with nijuba, sunagashi and kinsuji
Boshi [tip]: ko-maru hakikake
Horimono [carving]: bo-hi on both sides
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage, sakigiri, yasurimegiri, four holes, one filled and one partially filled with gold
Habaki [collar]: double, gold
Nagasa [length from tip to beginning of tang]: 27½in. (69.9cm.) Motohaba [width at start of tempered edge]: 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.)
Sakihaba [width before tip]: 11/16in. (2cm.)
In shirasaya [wood storage scabbard] with inscription and signed and sealed by Tanobe Michihiro and dated 2007.10 inscribed
Koshirae [set of mounts]: tachi-goshirae comprising a brown-lacquer saya and tsuka finished to resemble wood and decorated with heraldic crests of bracken ferns and moths in gold and silver takamaki-e and fitted with copper migaki-ji hardware, the rounded-square copper plate tsuba
With a certificate of registration designating this sword as the 14th Tokubetsu juyo token (Especially important sword) no. 591, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated 1996.5.29 (2)
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