Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve), medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern) details obscured by rubbing; hamon (tempering pattern) faint broad notare chōji, silvered habaki (collar); nakago (tang) one mekugi-ana (peg hole) visible but unable to remove the tsuka to inspect the nakago

Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard) steel with brass suspension ring and semegane; tsuka (handle) wooden wrapped in brown leather over white samegawa (ray skin), standard brass military mounts including fuchi (collar), tsuba (hand guard), kabutogane (hilt pommel) with sakura (cherry blossom) and menuki (hilt grips) decorated with sakura and chrysanthemums

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