A YAMASHIRO WAKIZASHI

A YAMASHIRO WAKIZASHI
SIGNED KAGA (NO) KAMI FUJIWARA KINDO (KANEMICHI), EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Sugata [configuration]: honzukuri, iori-mune, even kanbun style shallow curve, chu-gissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame
Hamon [tempering pattern]: gunome-ba with slight kinsuji, some ashi and yo
Boshi [tip]: maru
Nakago [tang]: ubu, single mekugi-ana, sujigai file marks, iriyamagata jiri
Habaki [collar]: wood integral with shirasaya
Nagasa [length of blade]: 60.1cm.
Koshirae [mounting]: in shirasaya