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It is koto? Your opinion please!

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Alexander_R

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Hello everybody, could you say me that this blade is koto? The blade comes from a reputable auction. As they made the mistake in the description saying that nagasa is 69 cm (in fact 60) I doubt their assessment of the blade attributed to koto. I understand that koshirae is of much later period and has no particular value. I ask you for help in the blade assessment. If you could tell me some words about tsuba  too58F21AF0-4F14-4065-ACF7-FE6EED8B73A0.thumb.jpeg.de6b753307f47e7bd7e853594a9e7d30.jpegI will be grateful.

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Hard to be certain.

The style does not match anything from Kamakura and probably Nambokucho so its likely later.

Its quite straight with a strong kissaki so other common options are Tensho and shinshinto. It has quite a bit of color and bo utsuri, so shinshinto is unlikely.

Overally I think its Tensho or generally 1550-1580s work.

School is obviously very hard to determine, but I would through something along the lines of Fuyuhiro.

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