Sword: # SD-016

Shinto Wakizashi

Signed : Omi Daijo Fujiwara Tadahiro

2nd generation Hizen Tadayoshi

Jidai (era) : Kanbun ca. 1660

Paper/certificate : NTHK

Nagasa : 52.7 cm

Tang : ubu 1 hole, 15.1 cm

Total blade length : 67.8 cm

Blade width at habaki : 3.1 cm

Thickness at munemachi : 6.2 mm

Sori : 8.9 mm

Shape : Shinigi zukuri

Hada : well forged Konuka Hizen hada mix with good activity

Hamon : very well controlled Suguha

Condition : In old generally clean polish, very healthy, thick & perfectly flawless, mix with some minor surface scuffs/scratches & one very tiny nick.

In full old Edo period Koshirai/mount with very nice fittings.

Born : 1614 in Saga, Hizen

Died :  27 May 1693

Aged : 80

Name : Hashimoto Heisakuro & later changed to Hashimoto Shinsaemon [Omi Daijo Tadahiro].

Father : Hashimoto Shinsaemonjo (Tadayoshi 1st).

Price : $5,950