Kagehide

Sword ID 0000-1173  
Mei
景秀
kagehide
Type Tachi Tsukurikomi Shinogi-zukuri
Nagasa (cm) 69.7 Sori (cm) 2.7
Moto-haba (cm) 2.8 Saki-haba (cm) 1.8
Moto-kasane (cm) 0.8 Saki-kasane (cm)
Mekugi 1 Nakago Ubu

Attribution

Smith Kagehide School Osafune
Period Kamakura (1184-1336) Year
References[?] TBJ-632-F, NZK-637-1, NK-9-345
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Location
Certificate Type NBTHK Tokubetsu Juyo Token Certificate ID  

History

In the past, this was owned by a tea ceremony master Kawase Torasaburō (Ifu-dō) and he had a Hyogo no tachi koshirae, and this later become part of Dr. Compton's collection in the USA, and recently returned to Japan.