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Property from an Important Private CollectionA wakizashiSigned Soshu ju Ise Daijo Tsunahiro do Tsunayuki saku yorite Kagotani Takateru nozomu saku (Ise Daijo Tsunahiro and Tsunayuki made this sword at the request of Kagotani Takateru)Edo period, dated Empo nana tsuchinoto hitsuji nigatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in the second month, 7th Earth Goat year of 1679) Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi zukuri, o-kissaki, tori zori, chu-kissakiKitae [forging pattern]: Itame hadaHamon [tempering pattern]: Broad suguha from the hamachi, becoming broader notare Boshi [tip]: Yakitsume Horimono [carvings]: One wide hi on both sides above the shinogiNakago [tang]: Iriyamagata, one mekugi-ana, signed on the omote Soshu ju Ise Daijo Tsunahiro do Tsunayuki saku yorite Kagotani Takateru nozomu saku (Ise Daijo Tsunahiro and Tsunayuki made this sword at the request of Kagotani Takateru), inscribed on the ura Empo nana tsuchinoto hitsuji nigatsu kichijitsu (an auspicious day in the second month, 7th Earth Goat year of the Empo era [equivalent to 1679])Habaki [collar]: Silver, single cladIn shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 49.7 cm., 19⅝ in. Sori [curvature]: 1.5 cm., ⅝ in. Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 2.2 cm., ⅞ in. Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3.2 cm., ¼ in.