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BIZEN MASAZANE (CIRCA 1017-1065) A Ko-Bizen Tachi Heian period (794-1185) Sugata (configuration): honzukuri, iorimune, kogissaki, deep koshizori Kitae (forging pattern): ko-itame in even, densely packed jinie Hamon (tempering pattern): chōji gunome mixed with ōmidare in nie, nioi and with ashi, saka-ashi, yō, sunagashi and utsuri Bōshi (tip): indistinct Nakago (tang): ubu with ōsujikai file marks and two holes, close together and signed Masazane Habaki (collar): two-piece, gilt-copper Nagasa (length from tip to beginning of tang): 31 3/16in (78.9cm) Motohaba (width at start of tempered edge): 1 3/8in (3.5cm) Sakihaba (width before tip): 5/8in (1.6cm) In shirasaya (wood storage scabbard) with inscription and attestation to Masazane by Honma Junji (Kanzan), written October 7, 1965