Sukenao (Active Circa 1660-1688) A Setsu Katana in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1660 Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki

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SUKENAO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1660-1688) A Setsu Katana in Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1660 Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in itame hada with a toranba tempered edge ending in a ko-maru bōshi , the ubu tang with one hole and kesho file marks, signed Omi no kami Sukenao , with a one-piece gilt habaki ; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a saya decorated with crushed iridescent shell, fitted with copper kozuka and kōgai decorated with Emma-Ō, the King of Hell and an attendant with a halberd chiseled in low and sunken relief and inlaid in shakudō and gold, signed Gyokurinsai , the tsuka wrapped in black cotton and mounted with shakudō nanako and gold fuchi-gashira with entertainers, and shakudō menuki formed as Hotei, with a circular shakudō tsuba Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 54.2cm (21 3/8in) long.