KANEFUSA

KANEFUSA, late koto period;
mei: mumei;
sugata: this is a shortened nagmaki that has been turned into a wakizashi, unokubi-zukuri, iori-mune;
nagasa: 42.9 cm; motohaba 3.03 cm; kasane 0.63 cm; sori 1.5 cm;
nakago: shortened and tapered, one mekugi-ana, kiri tip, taka-no-ha yasurime, mumei;
hamon: nie-deki gunome midare with togariba gunome midare, common sunagashi;
boshi: no yokote, no kaeri;
jitetsu: itame hada with obvious grain and much jinie and chikei on ji;
horimono: one narrow and one wider groove (remnant nagamaki hi)
[Mino-to p.56, 57]
Late Muromachi period, generation not known;
(oshigata from Aoi Art, Tokyo)