AS06405-Katana: Kouto Ju Yoshihara Kunie Seitan.

Katana in Shirasaya with another Shirasaya.(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)

Signature :　Kouto Ju Yoshihara Kunie Seitan.
Showa 19 Nen 6 Gatsu Kisshoubi.
皇都住吉原国家精鍛之

Sayagaki: 　Kouto Ju Yoshihara Kunie Seitan.
Muji Fu Jitetsu, fine Mokume, Gunome Midare with Konie.
In the Ha, there are Kinsuji. The blade is healthy and beautiful.
He was a student of Kasama Shigetsugu. He was good at Soden Bizen.
Blade length is 2 Shaku 2 Sun 6 Bu.

(We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo saku, Jyo-jyo saku Jyo saku, and regular saku)
This sword belongs to the Saijyo saku ranking.
The blade was polished by the highest-ranking polisher
Habaki :　Gold color single habaki.
Blade length: 68.5 cm or 26.9 inches.
Sori :1.9 cm or 0.74 inches.
Mekugi: 1
Width at the hamachi: 3.28cm or 1.29 inches.
Width at the Kissaki: 2.66cm or 1.04 inches.
Kasane : 0.75cm or 0.29 inches.
The weight of the sword 945 grams.
Era: 1944, Showa 19
Shape: Wide and thick sword with deep Sori and O-Kissaki.
Jigane : Ko-Itame-Hada well grained, Jinie attached beautiful Jigane.
Hamon : Deep Nioikuchi Nideki Gunome-Midare. Sunagashi and Kinsuji worked strongly. Boshi is Midare-Komi sharp shape.

Special feature: Kunie(Yoshihara Katsuyoshi) was born in 1893(Meiki 26th) at Tochigi prefectu,re. He was study from Kasama Shigetsugu and enroll Kurihara Teruhide’s school in 1932. He became master of Tokiwamatsu school in 3 years, and also become a staff of Kyushu university’s Token laboratory. From 1940, he started to make swords for army by Soden Bizen style. His descendants Kuni-ie and Yoshindo also are famous and popular Mukansa swordsmiths.

NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token
Aoi Art estimation paper: whole Oshigata.