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THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A YAMATO-DEN TACHI [SWORD]
ATTRIBUTED TO THE SENJUIN
SCHOOL, KAMAKURA PERIOD (14 TH
CENTURY)
太刀、伝 千手院派、鎌倉時代、14世紀
Sugata [configuration]: a long graceful tachi
from the later Kamakura period, the sugata is
shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune with a rather high koshi-
zori, almost tori-zori, there is fumbari ending in a
ko-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame-gokoro in places,
becoming masame-hada throughout, some ji-nie
Hamon [tempering pattern]: cu-suguha with
occasional slight midare, in ko-nie-deki
Boshi [tip]: narrow boshi with a short kaeri
Nakago [tang]: ubu with a single mekugi-ana,
yoko-yasurime and kuri-jiri, mumei
In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard]
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 85.0 cm.,
33 1/2 in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.1 cm., 5/8 in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.3 cm., 1 1/8 in.
Accompanied by a certificate registration as Juyo-
Token [Important Sword] no. 21200955, issued by
Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the
Preservation of the Japanese Art Swords] dated
th
October 16 , 2009 (Heisei 21).
† £ 30,000-40,000
€ 35,300-47,000 US$ 39,700-53,000

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