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Kuniie Tachi
Order made Tachi signed:
2604th Emperors' calendar, Spring, Yoshihara KUNI-IE kore-wo Tsukuru.
3rd, February, 19th year of Showa, Anniversary of Birth "NORIO TSUBUKU".
Length of cutting edge 64.2cm
Curvature 1.4cm
Width of base 31.3mm
Width of Yokote 21.8mm
Thickness of base 7.4mm
This sword was made in 1944 by swordsmith KUNIIE (real name Yoshihara Katsuyoshi) who is one of the leading gendai sword makers, born in 1893 Tokyo. He studied under Kasama Shigetsugu. He was known to make high to superior grade gendaito.
Grand father of sword smith brothers Yoshihara YOSHINDO and Yoshihara KUNIIE, both are Mukansa.
This sword is published in the book of TOREN in 1983 and this book will come with the sword. The blade is mounted in shirasaya.
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