Hiromoto (Active Circa 1818) A Suishinshi Katana with a Cutting Test in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki

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HIROMOTO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1818) A Suishinshi Katana with a Cutting Test in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori , forged in itame hada with a suguha tempered edge ending in a ko-maru bōshi , the ubu tang with kesho file marks, one hole, and signed Ōshū Nihonmatsu no jū Hiromoto Kōfū Shiba ni oite , inscribed Ōmori Hachirōemon seibi motomeru (Order made for Ōmori Hachirōemon), with cutting-test inscription Yoshida Monbira Yamada Gengorō futasu tamesu (Used by Yamada Gengorō to cut two bodies), and dated Bunsei gannen hachigatsu saku kore do jūhachinichi tsukau (Used the same day as manufacture, the 18th day of the 8th month of 1818), with a one-piece gold-foil habaki the koshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya with raised striations mounted with an iron kojiri and kurikata chiseled and inlaid in gold with plovers in flight over waves, the tsuka wrapped in black silk and mounted with iron fuchi-gashira chiseled and inlaid in silver and gold with blossoming plum trees, and gold, silver, and shakudō menuki formed as Chinese-style halberds, the circular iron tsuba inlaid in gold, silver, and shakudō takazōgan with an ox herder chasing his runaway ox beneath a willow tree, signed Nara Yukiyoshi Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 69.8cm (27 1/2in) long.