Blade:

Period: Edo.

Mei: Mumei.

Sugata: Shinogi-zukuri, tori-zori, iori-mune.

Overall length: 24.49 inches (622.00 mm)

Nagasa: 19.76 inches (502.00 cm) long.

Nakago: Ubu, 4.72 inches (120.00 mm), ha agari kuri-jiri, one mekugi-ana. The yasurime are takanoha.

Kissaki: Chu-kissaki, 1.29 inches (32.66 mm). The boshi is ko-maru.

Moto-haba: 1.13 inches (28.72 mm). Moto-gasane: 0.24 inches (6.19 mm). Saki-haba: 0.81 inches (20.68 mm). Saki-gasane: 0.18 inches (4.56 mm).

Sori: 0.54 inches (11.35 mm)

Hamon: Undulating suguha.

Hada: The details of the hada are not clear, but it could be a coarse itame.

Blade condition:

In need of a polish; scuffs, scratches, some black marks, a few minor pits. It is however a sound sword; no bends, no hagire

Mounts:

The saya is lacquered in black kuro ishime nuri, with the kozuka slot inlaid with black lacquered samekawa. There are a few chips in the urushi around the kozuka slot, but these are easily repaired. The copper kozuka handle depicts a cricket and flowers, whilst the blade bears a Buddhist symbol, the sword of Fudo-Myo.

The tsuka is bound with tan tsukagawa, and the samekawa is lacquered with black urushi. The iron tsuba depicts a village with trees whilst the black menuki show some sort of flower.

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