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Accompanied by certificate no. 3021494 issued
by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai
(Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art
Sword) designating this katana as
a Hozon Token (Sword Worthy of Preservation),
dated 26 August 2019.
The saya is inscribed: This blade bears a
six-character signature, is dated 1969, and is
additionally inscribed to the effect that it was
made in the shin no gitae technique. Kazuhira
was the leading student of Living National
Treasure Miyairi Akihira. The blade is hardened
in a nie-laden and notare-based midare and
features prominent chikei and kinsuji, from which
we recognize that it aspires to Koto works by
Hikoshiro Sadamune. Blade length: 2 shaku,
5 sun, 9 bu. Written by Tanzan
(Tanobe Michihiro) in May of the year of the dog
of this era (2018), with a kao (monogram).
It is rare for Mr Tanobe Michihiro, a former
senior managing director of Nippon Bijutsu 132
Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the
Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword) to
place sayagaki on modern swords unless they
are of exceptional quality.

(sayagaki)
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