AS21056 Katana : Sasshu Ju Minamoto Moriatsu Saku(kao)

Ordering number : AS21056

Katana in Koshirae.

Signature : Sasshu Ju Minamoto Moriatsu Saku(kao)
Heisei 7th Natsu (1995 Summer)

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku and regular saku)
This sword belongs to joy saku ranking.
The blade was polished.
Blade length :　71.4　cm or 28.11 inches.
Sori :１.６cm or 0.62 inches.
Mekugi : 　1
Width at the hamachi : 3.09　cm or 1.21 inches.
Width at the Kissaki :2.25cm or 0.88 inches.
Kasane : 0.52　cm or 0.20 inches.
The weight of the sword ５５５grams.
Era : Modern
Shape : wide and Thick sword with long Ububa. Sori is deep and Kissaki is longer.
Bohi is engraved on both side.
Jigane : Ko-Itame-Hada well grained. Jinie attached beautiful Jihada
Hamon : Niedeki Gunome-Midare and Choji-Midare mixed. Boshi is round shape.
Special feature: Moriatsu’s real name is Fujita Shinichi and living in Kagoshima province,
Satsuma. He is student of Kongo Byoei Moritaka. The
Sword is not heavy and good shape so we strongly recommend this sword for Iai practice.

Koshirae : Modern Koshirae

From Aoi Art: Usually, Iai sword is long and heavy, even though, this sword is long but light.
If you use heavy sword, it is easy to hurt your arms, so these days, light sword is very famous.
There is some flaws but if you can pay extra fee, we can take all of flaws.

Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.