Nihonto Club

Japanese

Definition

Utsuri which is seen as a straight line, regardless of the shape of hamon.

Bo-utsuri is found of many of the Osafune smiths' works after Oei era. Also found on Sue-Aoe blades.

Also sometimes referred to as sugu-utsuri 直映り (lit. 'straight utsuri').

See utsuri for more information.