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ALSO KNOWN AS (MIYAGUCHI) YASUHIRO, WHILE HE WAS WORKING AT THE YASUKUNI SHRINE. KUNIMORI WAS ORIGINALLY TRAINED BY HIS FATHER MASATOSHI, HE ALSO WENT ON TO STUDY UNDER IKKANSAI KASAMA SHIGETSUGU.
THIS SWORD IS SIGNED TO TO JU NIN IKKANSAI KUNIMORI KIN SAKU AS PER THE EXAMPLE SHOWN IN SLOUGH’S BOOK ON PAGE 184.
KATANA IS MOUNTED IN GUNTO MOUNTS WHICH ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD CONDITION SHOWING MINIMAL WEAR, BLADE HAS WIDE HAMON WITH SOME LIGHT STAINS AND SCRATCHES, NO FLAWS, CHIPS OTHER PROBLEMS. VERY TIGHT HADA. APPEARS TO BE A HAND FORGED TRADITIONALLY TEMPERED BLADE.
KUNIMORI WAS ALSO SOMETIMES KNOWN TO USE WESTERN STEEL INSTEAD OF TAMAHAGANE.
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