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This nice Koto Katana was attributed to SA Hiroyasu by the Sayagaki of Hon´ami Nisshu and the Origami. This blade is clean and healthy and was given to the next Tokubetsu Hozon Shinza of NBTHK…..with the result of Tokubetsu Hozon….we are happy.

Sayagaki:

筑前國左弘安
大磨上無銘 御傅来古極
時代正平之頃 よろしく佳品也
長サ貮尺貮寸八分分半有之
昭和六拾弐歳卯仲秋記之本阿弥日洲
Chikuzen no Kuni Sa Hiroyasu
Ô-suriage mumei go-denrai ko-kiwame
Jidai Shôhei no goro yoroshiku kahin nari
Nagasa 2 shaku 2 sun 8 bu bu-han kore ari
Shôwa rokujûninen-u chûshû no ki Hon’ami Nisshû + kaô
Chikuzen no Kuni Sa Hiroyasu
[This blade is] Ô-suriage mumei, but there is an old attribution ( to that blacksmith )
Time is around Shôhei (1346-1370), excellent masterpiece
Lenght of the blade ~ 69,3 cm
Written by Hon’ami Nisshû in the middle of autumn of the year 1987, Year of th rabbit + kaô