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The Property of a Gentleman A Fukuoka Ichimonji kodachi Signed Nori (fusa) Kamakura period, 14th century Sugata [configuration]: Honzukuri, iori-mune, chu-kissaki, shallow torizori (1.3 cm), standard mihaba and kasane Kitae [forging pattern]: Tight ko-itame with some mokume and visible utsuri  Hamon [tempering pattern]: Flamboyant slanting o-choji midare forged in nioi, mixed with some gunome with ashi, plentiful tobiyaki and yubashiri Boshi [tip]: Midare komi Nakago [tang]: Suriage [shortened] with kate sagare yasurime [slanted file marks], signed Norifusa ('Fusa' partially rubbed) Habaki [collar]: Gold, single clade In shirasaya [plain wood scabbard] with sayagaki [attestation] by Hon’ami Nisshu (1908-1996) attributing the blade to Fukuoka Ichimonji Norifusa and documenting the blade as an heirloom of the Tosa Yamanouchi family, dated 1982 Koshirae [mount]: Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 57.8 cm., 22¾ in. Sori [curvature]: 1.3 cm., ½ in. Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.6 cm., ⅝ in. Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.7 cm., 1⅛ in. Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation], no. 1016959 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Reiwa 3 (2021).