This sword might have been the operate of Anybody of these Ko-Hôki smiths. Samples of the work of all of them are extant today. Typical points of their workmanship certainly are a coarse mokume-hada, a jigane that looks dim, plus the presence of each ji-nie and chikei. The hamon is ko-midare, consisting of a nie framework with kinsuji and sunagash

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