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Yokoyama Nagahiro katana – NEW
Omi Daijo Tadahiro wakizashi – Tokubetsu Hozon – NEW
Etchu Tametsugu – Juyo Token – NEW
Rai Tomokuni – Juyo Token – NEW
Omi Daijo Tadahiro – Tokubetsu Hozon + Tanobe sayagaki – NEW
Echizen Yasutsugu katana in koshirae – NEW
Kaga Goto mitokoromono – Hozon – NEW
Kawachi Kunisuke wakizashi – Tokubetsu Hozon – NEW
Minamoto Nobuhide katana in gunto koshirae – NEW
Shikkake Norinaga tachi – Juyo token – NEW
Magoroku Kanemoto tanto – Tokubetsu Hozon
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SWORDS FOR SALE
Norishige is superior to Masamune in the hataraki [activities] of nie and forges a unique jihada called matsukawa-hada. He is superior to Masamune in the hataraki of jihada and hamon, though he yields to Masamune in the clearness of jigane and the brightness of hamon. It is another feature of Norishige that the border of the hamon and ji is not conspicuous.
NBTHK Token Bijutsu
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