Kunisuke (active 1661-1673) An Osaka katana Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1670 Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, chu-gissaki, toriizori Kitae (forging pattern): itame hada with jinie and chikei Hamon (tempering pattern): o-notare mixed with gunome choji midare and yakidashi with nie, nioi and some sunagashi Boshi (tip): ko-maru Nakago (tang): machi-okuri with one hole, sujikai file marks and signed Kawachi no kami Kunisuke Habaki (collar): one-piece, silver Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 27 1/2in (69.8cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 1/8in (2.8cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 3/4in (1.9cm) In a shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) With kantei certificate no. 3815 issued by the Nihon Token Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword), dated October 22, 1975 注脚 This work is by the second-generation Kunisuke, known "Naka Kawachi", who was active in the middle of the 17th century. His father Kunisuke I, was a student of Horikawa Kunihiro (1531-1614), a well-know smith smith who moved to Osaka in the early 17th century. Kunisuke II is admired for his bright, clear jigane and strong choji-shaped hamon ending in yakidashi.