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KOYAMA MUNEHIRA
(ACTIVE CIRCA LATE EDO PERIOD)
A Katana (Long Sword) with Cutting Test
and Mounts
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1837
Shinogi-zukuri, iori mune, chu-gissaki and
torii-zori curvature, forged in itame hada with
masame hada in nioi and nie with a choji-
midare tempered edge, the ubu tang with
one hole; signed on one side Toto ni oite
Koyama Munehira kore o tsukuru (Made by
Koyama Munehira in Edo) and on the reverse
Taitai todanbarai Yamada Yoshitoshi kore o
tameshi Tenpo hachinen sangatsu hi (Yamada
Yoshitoshi tested this sword by slicing through
a [dead] body from the shoulder through the
chest in the third month of 1837); the blade
in a shirasaya with sayagaki; with a modern
koshira-e (mounting); the metal fittings
comprising a kashira (pommel), menuki (hilt
fittings), fuchi (collar), tsuba (hand guard),
a modern copper openwork tsuba, fuchi-
gashira shakudo applied in high gilt relief with
a dragon emerging from foaming waves, the
tsuka, fuchi-gashira and menuki, Edo period.
The sword overall: 91cm (35 13/16in) long;
the blade: 69cm (27 1/8in) long. (2).
£5,000 - 6,000
JPY970,000 - 1,200,000
US$6,500 - 7,900 (sayagaki)

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