A very rare piece of history, a signed and dated koto katana,
signature reads "Noshu Seki-ju Kanemichi Saku"
and Dated When it was made in "1544AD".
Also in gold inlay is a second test body cut ormed by the tester
"Maejima Hachiro Tomotsugu" about 100 years later in the Edo period.
With the NBTHK Hozon paper.
This is an interesting piece of history,
you might already know this but normally for test cut swords They used works That Were made in Edo period,
How many followers at the time would have been new blades.
It is very rare to see a koto sword dated 1544AD to be used in the Edo period,
for a test cut this axis would have already leg classified as an antique.
I read That somewhere less than 1% of test blades were cut koto and the remaining 99% were Shinto and Shin-Shinto combined.
In my opinion this blade is much more rare than a 3 or 4 cut from the test body Edo period.
PROVENANCE Mino
AGE Dated Tenbun 13 (February good day, 1544A.D)
CUTTING EDGE 67.57 cm / 26.06 inches
ERA Muromachi Period
HAMON midare Gnome
SHAPE shinogi-Zukuri / Iori-mune
NOTES comes with flashy dragon theme koshirae
SPECIAL FEATURES body 2 Test cut with gold inlay by Maejima Hachiro Tomotsugu.
(Including shipping)

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