| Product No. KA-0666 正尊（南海太郎） | |
|---|---|
| Mei |
Masataka（Nankaitaro） Back: On a Day in February in 1972, the 47th year of Showa |
| Shape | Shinogizukuri Iorimune |
| Region | Chiba Prefecture |
| Era | Contemporary, Showa Period |
| Length |
71.9 cm 28.3 in |
| Sori (curvature) |
1.8 cm 0.7 in |
| Motohaba |
3.3 cm 1.3 in |
| Sakihaba |
2.2 cm 0.9 in |
| Munekasane |
0.7 cm 0.3 in |
| Registration Authority | Chiba Prefecture |
| Registration Date | March 27, 2013 |
| Jihada (Metal pattern) | Komokume with Jinie |
| Hamon (Temper line) | Nioideki, Gunome-choji midare |
| Bōshi (Point / Tip) | Midare, omote maru, ura a bit turn |
| Nakago (Tang) | Ubu, Kiri file and a Kurijiri end |
| Mekugiana (Rivet holes) | 1 |
| Habaki | Two part, silver with file habaki |
| Mountings | Koshirae-tsuki |
| Koshirae | Uchigatana style koshirae with a Golden color polished ray skin with koshi-kizami saya |
| Koshirae Length |
105.0 cm 41.3 in |
| Tsuka Length |
25.6 cm 10.1 in |
| Tsuba | Bamboo and Tiger |
| Menuki | Dragon |
| Fuchigashira | Plain |
| Other details | Black ray skin wrapped brown leather jabara-maki style Tsuka |
Price |
SOLD |
| This swordsmith, Nankai Tarou Masataka, was born in 1918 in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture. His actual name is Morioka Toshio and was a nephew of Morioka Masayoshi, who was the grandson of Nankai Taro Tomotaka, a popular high ranked swordsmith. So this Swordsmith is a descendant of Nankai Taro Tomotaka. He was a Military commissioned swordsmith and was the disciple of Kasama Shigetsugu and Takahashi Sadatsugu. He received many awards for swordsmithing including the Excellence Award (Yushusho) 4 times, Effort Award (Doryokusho) 3 times. This katana was forged by Masataka in his 54 years old. This katana has a strong robust feeling. It comes with a uchigatana style koshirae with a Golden color polished ray skin koshi-kizami saya. |
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