| Osafune Yoshikage
is as important to the sword world as
Monet or Van Gogh are to art.
There
are 44 Yoshikage Juyo. 15 are
Naginata-Naoshi, like this
piece.
In
Jo
polish
Jo
Habaki
Tanobei Saya-gaki
Tokubetsu Hozon from
NBTHK
This
is a first class sword by a
first class smith. It is a
Juyo Candidate. Solid in the hand,
thick and healthy. Dragon Horimono
by Yoshikage on both sides.
The NBTHK TokuHozon Kantei is
specific to Osafune Yoshikage
(not a school attribution of
"Den")
Nagasa:
One Shaku four Sun, six Bu
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