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6. KATANA. 825, 645, 17. With Ogunomé yakiba, signed Tsuta Omi no Kami
Sukenao, dated Tenwa 3, second month (1683).
7. KATANA. _2 shaku, 3 sun, 5 bu._ 917, 718, 18. Large Choji yakiba,
bōshi kaeri, signed Awataguchi Ikkanshi Tadatsuna. Circa Kwanbun
(1661-1672). [_Plate._
8. KATANA. _2 shaku, 2 sun, 5 bu._ 892, 685, 10. With nokogiri yakiba,
double yasurime, signed Mutsu no Kami Daido, (Omichi of Mino).
[_Plate._
9. KATANA. _2 shaku, 2 sun, 8 bu._ 880, 695, 17 mm. With long wave
yakiba and deep groove, signed Harumitsu of Osafuné, Bizen.
[_Plate._
10. KATANA. _2 shaku, 2 sun, 4 bu._ 885, 680, 19 mm. Narrow yakiba,
maru bōshi, signed Kunimura, attributed to Kunimura of Kikuji Higo.
11. KATANA. _2 shaku, 3 sun._ 860, 70, 21. Hitatsura on all jigané but
not on shinogi, signed Akihiro of Sōshu, dated second year of
Teiji. [_Plate._
12. KATANA. _2 shaku, 1 sun, 5 bu._ 840, 650, 33. Ogunomé midare yakiba
with Rio no me tsuyu imitating splashing waves, signed Made at Toto
(Yedo) by Kato (chounsai) Tsunatoshi, dated Bunsei 10, first month.
[_Plate._
13. KATANA. _2 shaku, 5 sun, 3 bu._ 1,010 mm., 755 mm., 8 mm. sori, 75
mm. bōshi, shinogi tapering from 10 to 8 mm. Very fine double
yakiba, ko gunomé midare and hitatsura, signed Muramasa. [_Plate._
14. KATANA. _2 shaku, 3 sun, 4 bu._ 920, 710, 23. Ko midare yakiba,
signed Bushu no jiu Yamamoto Geki Toshinaga, Kyoho, 1716-1735.
_Jiugo mai Kabuto buse_, i.e., made of metal folded fifteen times.
15. SHOBU BLADE. 520, 400, 8. Uno kubi style, Kammuri otoshi, with Ken
engraved and treble groove on other side up to the middle,
unsigned, attributed to Hiromitsu.
16. KATANA. Bizen blade. _2 shaku, 4 sun, 5 bu._ 950, 740, 22. Broad
gunomé midare yakiba, attributed to _Yoshimitsu_.
17. KATANA. Very curved blade, the lengths being 950 mm., 758 mm. and
_sori_ 26. Ko midare yakiba, narrow shinogi, signed Fuyuhiro of
Sōshu (Sagami).
18. KATANA. Broad blade. _2 shaku, 2 sun, 2 bu long._ 940, 745, 18 mm.
sori. With irregular yakiba in breaking waves style, the shinogi
reduced on one side by two grooves (_Hi_), stopping a third of the
way up, the portion nearer the heel being grooved singly and
deeper, with tama reserve, single groove on other side, tapering
nakago, signed Nagasoné Okisato Niudo Kotetsu Saku. [_Plate._
19. KATANA. The blade _2 shaku, 6 sun, 7 bu_. 1,004 mm., 810, sori 10
mm. Choji midare yakiba, signed Kiushu, Higo Dotanuki Nobuyoshi
(Shin-ka). Eiroku period. [_Plate._
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