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TSUNEIE / The Imperial Japanese Naval Dirk
| period | End of the Muromachi era / around 1470th |
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| shape | tanto : Hira-zukuri, iorimune, narrow |
| length | 22.2cm / 7sun 3bu 3rin |
| curvature | Inward (uchizori) |
| basis width | 1.85cm / 6bu 1rin |
| basis thickness | 0.75cm / 2bu 5rin |
| mekugi hole | 1 |
| authorization | Tokubetsu Hozon Token |
| price | sold out |
| ji | Small wood grain (Ko-itame), Straight line Utsuri from Hamachi, Jinie, scratch in the back |
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| ha | Straight hamon (suguha) on the deep nie and small zigzag (ko-gunome), tight suguha from the half to the top |
| boshi | Straight, komaru |
| mounting | Shirasaya / The Imperial Japanese Naval Dirk / Wooden chest / Wooden core |
| special mention | Bizen, very fine tanto, This tanto is called Futokoro-katana. It is used for self-protection. The IJN dirk is very rare, and this style -Meiji period style- and it hardly exist. There are 2 character in habaki MASA / MICHI. Probably these 2 character are the officer for whom the dirk was made. This is a distinctive example, apparently specially commissioned for a new officer. It appears to have been kept well since the days when it was first carried. Cooperation: Military Swords of Imperial Japan |
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